Why does it matter how family is defined?
a. The agreed-on definition can distinguish Americans from other cultural groups.
b. The agreed-on definition helps avoid inter-country conflict.
c. The agreed-on definition reduces sexism.
d. The agreed-on definition has important consequences that are legally recognized.
d
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a. discovers or invents a new way of committing crime b. invents various rationalizations to justify his or her crime c. participates in the formation of new criminal subcultures d. accepts success goals, but abandons socially approved means of attaining them e. develops new social norms which replace contradictory or confused rules
Urban politics was one means to upward socioeconomic mobility for Irish Americans and A way to achieve economic and political power in the face of Anglo Protestant opposition
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Many nursing home residents have major physical and/or cognitive problems that prevent them from living in any other setting, or they do not have available caregivers in their family. Women are more likely to enter nursing homes because of their greater life expectancy, higher rates of chronic illness, and higher rates of widowhood
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following was a macroscopic concern of George Simmel?
a. psychological components of everyday life b. interpersonal relationships c. the social and cultural spirit d. eternal truths dictating the future of the world