The chapter argues that immigration can be understood as an act of __________, because people make a choice to leave all they know behind in order to come to a new place for economic opportunity or to flee repression.
A. folly
B. human agency
C. terrorism
D. hubris
Answer: B
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Which of the following is true of Gary Becker's economic theory of discrimination?
a. Discrimination is functional for the employer as well as for the society as a whole b. The only beneficiaries of a discriminatory system are white workers who get better jobs and more pay than they would in a nondiscriminatory hiring system c. Because it is functional, discrimination will never disappear in a complex industrial society d. Firms that discriminate gain competitive advantage over those that do not
Judging other cultures by the standards of one's own on the assumption that one's own is superior is known as
A. cultural relativism. B. xenophobia. C. ethnocentrism. D. elitism.
AP News Clip: The Feminization of PovertyClick on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 36, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Many of the women in the shelter depicted in the video are unable to return home because ______.
A. of distance B. of cost C. their families often arrange these marriages D. of their children
According to the psychodynamic feminist perspective articulated by Nancy Chodorow, why do men not take an active "mothering" role?
A. They are biologically ill-suited to nurturing. B. Women are biologically predisposed to looking after dependent offspring and thus should not be in the world of wage labor. C. Socialization experiences lead boys to distance themselves from nurturing roles and do not prepare them nurturing. D. Because men are primarily responsible for supporting the family financially, they have little time or energy to devote to nurturing offspring and cultivating close affective ties.