Peter and Mary have been married for several years. Peter has been unhappy for several months and is thinking about initiating a divorce. He decides to make a list regarding the costs and benefits of their relationship. Peter is using a form of which social scientific theory?
A. conflict theory
B. exchange theory
C. symbolic interactionist theory
D. structural-functional theory
Answer: B
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a. Youth engage in practices that serve to resist imposition of structures and rules currently prevailing in society. b. Youth challenge institutional authority in public, but not private spheres. c. The more they played video games, the less likely youth were to resist authority. d. Players maintained the same rules inside their video games as were imposed on them outside of video play.
Two individuals have identical annual incomes but are in different social classes. Which of the following would NOT help to explain this difference?
A. One individual has wealthy parents, but the other individual has working class parents. B. One individual has a college degree, but the other individual does not. C. One individual smokes cigarettes, but the other individual does not. D. One individual owns an expensive house, but the other individual rents an apartment. E. All of these would explain this difference.
SAGE News Clips: Multi-generational Student DebtDescription: Student debt is a multigenerational problem with many families struggling to pay off their student debt while simultaneously sending their children to college. In this video, we meet the Biglers who are paying more than $2500 per month just on educational debt alone. Their student loan debt is much more than they pay for their home or car. In the last decade, student loan debt has increased to $1.2 trillion. Six million Americans in their fourties now owe more than $200 billion in student loans.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 274 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Which of the
following strategies did the Bigler's use to manage their student loan debt? A. They defaulted on their loans. B. They moved to a rural area where John worked for less but could get a portion of his loans forgiven after 10 years. C. They encouraged their children to choose high paying career tracks. D. They divorced.
Which of the following sociological perspectives emphasizes that the social behavior of people is conditioned by the roles and statuses they accept, the groups they belong to, and the institutions within which they function?
A. feminist perspective B. interactionist perspective C. conflict perspective D. functional perspective