Define and discuss the "Mr. Mom" role. What percentage of fathers is in this role?
What will be an ideal response?
The student should indicate that the Mr. Mom role is defined as a couple with a full-time employed wife and a full-time homemaker husband. Only 5.6% of married couples are of this type. Some couples choose this role for the husband. Most couples have the husband in this role by default. He is unemployed, disabled, or retired.
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A) a social problem B) a personal problem C) withdrawal D) craving
Burgess and Akers argued that before one becomes criminal, a process of __________ must occur where he or she is rewarded for continuing deviant behavior
a) differential reinforcement b) differential revulsion c) differential learning d) differential rejection
According to ethnomethodologists, which types of conversations are highly organized and structured as to minimize conflict?
a. Job interviews b. Executive negotiations c. Calls to emergency centers d. Dispute resolution in mediation hearings
As business commentators and politicians point out, we live in a(n) ________ economy.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).