Ferguson discovered that boys fight for a variety of reasons and to serve several functions. Which of the following was NOT among those reasons?
a. Fighting engages powerful emotions, the kind of emotions that do not endanger one's claim to manhood.
b. Fighting is a way to get much?needed attention from their parents.
c. Fighting is a way to establish oneself as a particular kind of respectable person.
d. Proving yourself now is prevention against later attack from other boys.
b
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a. concentrate on ending segregated education. b. change white attitudes toward African Americans. c. end occupational segregation.
_____ refers to nonrelatives who are accepted as part of the family.
A. Extended kin B. Fictive kin C. Imaginary kin D. Financial kin E. Nonrelational kin
The single most important contributor to a person's life chances is
a. being lifted out of poverty. b. his or her gene pool. c. the status of the individual's occupation. d. his or her level of education.
Teaching students to be on time, to respect authority, and to follow directions can be considered a
A. latent function of education. B. goal of the interactionist approach to education. C. manifest function of education. D. dysfunction of education.