A variable that is presumed to cause, or influence, another variable is known as a(n) ______.
A. indicator
B. spurious variable
C. independent variable
D. dependent variable
C. independent variable
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Unlike actors on a stage, in life we choose our own roles. Which of the following is false regarding our choices?
a. For any particular status, we have a variety of roles we may choose from. b. We have many possible responses to pick from when responding to another's behavior. c. Only certain behaviors and responses are considered culturally appropriate. d. The range of acceptable behaviors and responses is limitless. e. In real life it is harder to detect divergence from a role than it is a departure from a script.
Which of the following statements is true of absolutism?
A) It is based on unconditional allegiance to tradition or religion. B) It promotes egalitarian gender ideologies and is accepting of homosexuality. C) It is the belief that the ultimate motivation for human actions lies in the pursuit of pleasure. D) It encourages people to experience sex in a variety of contexts without self-deprecation.
Despite the revolutionary developments that have blocked his predictions from becoming reality, Malthus made an important contribution by
A. creating the field of demography. B. raising awareness that subsistence and natural resources are limited. C. promoting the development of improved contraceptive. D. creating checks on population increase.
Out of economic necessity, many women from the Philippines leave their own families and young children to work in the United States as caregivers for affluent families. Which term best describes this?
A. international families B. globalized consumer families C. binuclear families D. transnuclear families