Research by Straus (cited in Aulette) indicates that parents who do the least spanking

a. are more likely to verbally abuse their children.
b. use the least verbal aggression.
c. tend to emotionally neglect children.
d. also decline to use nonviolent discipline.


b

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a. how individuals interact b. how people interpret their own behavior c. how people interpret the actions of others d. how social institutions are linked together in a system

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Which of the following ideas was central to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's beliefs about socialization?

a. Bodily fluids control people's moods and personalities. b. Human behavior is heavily influenced by the planets. c. Humanity's basic problem was "original sin." d. Improving society was key to improving people.

Sociology

In Newman's narrative of his friends' twin four-year-olds, he reaches the conclusion that the parents' efforts at gender neutrality were a failure due to:

A. contradicting outside information that eclipsed the parents' messages. B. the children's inability to process complex information. C. the parents' lack of an appropriate social vacuum. D. the fact that the twin's enjoyed their gifts.

Sociology

According to the Berlin Aging Study, the activity that took up the most minutes of the day for older men and women was:

A. instrumental activities of daily living-housework or paying bills. B. personal care. C. reading. D. television.

Sociology