Which sociological perspective would contend that social scientists need to rethink the notion that families without an adult male present are automatically a cause for concern?
A. conflict perspective
B. interactionist perspective
C. functionalist perspective
D. feminist perspective
Answer: D
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Your text notes several circumstances in which re-nested family living is particularly stressful. Which of the following is NOT one of the circumstances noted by your text?
A. when the child is unemployed B. when the adult children bring their own children with them to live in parents' home C. when the child is recovering from a divorce D. all of these were identified as circumstances that are particularly likely to cause stress in re-nested families
Professor Lip was interested in why grandparents went to court to obtain custody of their grandchildren. One of the grandparents that Lip talked with commented on the issue of "parental neglect" of the grandchild. Once the issue of neglect had been identified, Lip began to notice that other grandparents also used the concept of "parental neglect" to explain why they had a legal relationship with their grandchild. In Lofland's terms, Professor Lip was interested in examining:
a. Frequencies b. Magnitudes c. Causes d. Consequences e. Processes
_________ are primarily collected by independent academic scientists or think tank agencies.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Occupational prestige in the US is highly correlated with
a. political power b. class consciousness c. income and education d. distribution of wealth