Empirical studies suggest that the existence of relative-deprivation is:

a. a good predictor of social movements.
b. only a good predictor of social movements in the most-developed societies.
c. best at predicting the development of counter-movements.
d. not a good predictor of social movements.


d

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a. that women thought men were better than they were b. that women were looking for ways to empower their sons c. that women were tired of being in charge d. unclear

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Mead's study of the Arapesh, Mundugamor, and Tchambuli found __________

A) evidence of consistent sex differences in behavior B) cultural variance in male-female role behavior C) greater male aggression in primitive societies D) less male aggression in primitive societies

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A research article reports results of a study using a t test for dependent means as "t(38 ) = 3.11, p < .01." This tells you:

A) the result is statistically significant B) the result is not statistically significant C) you can assume a one-tailed test was used D) there were 39 degrees of freedom

Sociology

Family Life Course/Development theory has several shortcomings. Which of the following is a shortcoming of this theory?

A. It suggests that there are stages in life but in reality there are no stages. B. It is unrealistic to expect that each family will experience the same stage in the same way. C. Early versions of the theory presupposed that there is a ‘normal' way to go through the stages and that different stages are mutually exclusive. D. None of these.

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