Which of the following statements best defines marriage?
A) It is an informal relationship in which a couple resides together and may raise a family together but is not bound by a legal contract.
B) It is a relationship between two unrelated adults involved in an emotional and sexual relationship who sleep in the same residence at least four nights a week for three months.
C) It is a relationship in which unrelated individuals who live together are financially interdependent and are given some kind of official recognition by a city so as to receive partner benefits.
D) It is a legal relationship that binds a couple together for the reproduction, physical care, and socialization of children.
D
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(a) custody of the children (b) who got the house (c) George's retirement account (d) Brenda's alimony
John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath (1939), stated, “The poor see themselves not as exploited . . . but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” Which of the following sociological concepts might lead Steinbeck to make this conclusion?
a. cultural relativism b. ethnocentrism c. cultural hegemony d. differentiation
Quantitative methods are designed to study variables that can be measured
(a) ethnographically. (b) numerically. (c) through processes. (d) by characteristics.
The word ______ captures the traditional process used in academia when a student is grown to be a researcher.
a. exploring b. interlibrary c. ethical consideration d. defending