Define and discuss platonic "roommate marriages."
What will be an ideal response?
The student should assert that these types of arrangements usually occur in urban areas among same- or opposite-sex friends. They arise from economic need but also provide companionship.
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The use of lie detectors to assess worker loyalty, the use of psychological and drug tests to screen applicants for work, and the use of closed-circuit television and two-way mirrors are examples of ________
a. hierarchical control b. technical control c. scientific management d. None of the above
A nationwide study of 10,000 older adults between the ages of 48 and 70 asked about the degree to which they help their adult children, and the study found:
a) 35 percent gave cash for day-to-day expenses. b) 21 percent provided funds for education. c) 16 percent helped with mortgage or rent payments. d) 10 percent provided money for health care. e) 6 percent helped pay for daycare costs.
What did the Plessy v. Ferguson case decide?
A. segregation in public facilities was constitutional B. "separate but equal" was unconstitutional C. legality of equal pay for equal work D. gender wage equity
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mexican Americans were a relatively small group, culturally and linguistically separate from the dominant group. In this way, they resembled ______.
A. Irish Americans B. African Americans C. German Americans D. Native Americans