In the context of a glass escalator, men in female-dominated occupations __________.
A. perform better than their colleagues
B. work long hours but are paid less
C. have less success than do men in male-dominated occupations
D. move up to supervisory positions more quickly than do women
Ans: D. move up to supervisory positions more quickly than do women
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Sociologists believe that persistent problems in the United States are
A. largely the result of individual behavior. B. caused by people with psychological problems. C. embedded in society. D. the consequence of free will.
Based on Kauai Longitudinal Study, what would be the expected result at ages 18 and 40 if a child spent a childhood in a high risk environment with poverty, divorce, violence, and alcoholism in the home?
a) Behavior problems at age 18, but stable and successful at age 40. b) Resiliency at 40 only if it was present at age 18. c) Successful at both 18 and age 40. d) Behavior problems at 18 that continued throughout adulthood.
In the context of the sociological explanations of family and aging, which of the following is a limitation of conflict theories?
A) ?Conflict theory links family inequality to capitalism and social class, but there is also considerable family inequality in countries that are not capitalist. B) ?Conflict theory discusses high-income brackets, but it does not consider the inheritance of property by the next generation. C) ?Conflict theory focuses more on young people and their lives, and it seldom discusses the issues of older people. D) ?Conflict theory tends to gloss over data that show that intimate partner violence (IPV) is often mutual and not one-sided. E) ?Conflict theory is a micro-level perspective, and it fails to address macro-level constraints, such as structural factors.
Males accounted for slightly more than __________ out of four of all arrests
A. 1 B. 2 C. 2.5 D. 3