Across 48 different cultures, those that have good health care, education, and resources and allow young adults to select their own mates tend to
a. have more children per family.
b. have higher levels of passion in relationships.
c. develop more secure romantic attachments.
d. have lower rates of abusive relationships.
ANSWER: c
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From a __________ point of view family is in decline, not when the dominant form disappears, but when people have or feel no deep ties or commitments to others
a. functionalist b. conflict c. symbolic interactionist d. feminist
Which of the following is NOT discussed in the text as a consequence of social class difference in the U.S.?
a. People with incomes below $7,500 per year are four times as likely to be victims of violent crime as people with incomes higher than $75,000 per year. b. People from the middle class are much more likely to be overweight than members of the working class. c. Students from poor and working-class homes are more likely to drop out of college than middle-class students. d. Infants born to mothers with college degrees are less than half as likely to die before their first birthday as those born to high school drop-outs.
In The Closing of the American Mind, Bloom argues that
a. several U.S. Supreme Court justices are members of the Communist Party. b. the United States should spend more money on its community colleges. c. works of popular culture have been elevated to the level of Platonic studies. d. U.S. colleges should be more open to sound business and marketing practices. e. contrary to popular belief, a college education is largely a waste of time.
According to Auguste Comte, the type of thinking favored by people such as Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, becomes common in a society at which stage of societal development?
a. Theological stage b. Metaphysical stage c. Scientific stage d. Post-scientific stage