Scholars disagree about the extended family system found among African American slaves. While some agree with Angela Davis that it was a functional adaptation to the disruptions of slavery, other contend that
a. the slaves really maintained nuclear families throughout the historical period of slavery.
b. the slaves maintained extended family systems similar to those in West Africa from which they had been taken.
c. we have too little data to document the existence of a true extended family system.
d. slaves were treated as individuals so they were unable to maintain any family system.
b
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A category of people of the same age is called
a. in-group. b. reference group. c. age cohort. d. membership group.
According to the text's discussion of fertility control in Brazil, __________
a. experts on the demography of Brazil concur that there is no single explanation for the momentous decrease in the country's fertility b. Brazil's fertility control policy is quite similar to that of China c. Brazil's decrease in fertility is solely a consequence of economic development and greater affluence d. the contraceptive choices made by people in Brazil are very different in comparison to people in the United States e. None of the above
Family stress theorist Pauline Boss (2003 ) notes that stress is oftentimes the result of family members being added or subtracted from the family system, and that the stress will remain until the structure is reorganized
This is an example of _____. A) changes in structure B) changes in family roles C) changes in family rules D) changes in family location
Bank control
a. removes ownership and investment decisions from the production site. b. compensates for the large size of corporations. c. compensates for weak antitrust enforcement. d. requires a level of concentration that is not yet possible. e. remains impossible.