During her lifetime Iris Summers:
a. increasingly held the belief that government should help the disadvantaged
b. became a prominent political figure, working on behalf of social change
c. divorced twice, each time thrusting her into poverty that required her to find work
d. raised her brothers and sisters, her own children, and some of her grandchildren
a. increasingly held the belief that government should help the disadvantaged
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According to Mills, the work of such theorists as Talcott Parsons was at least somewhat counterproductive because it __________
a. was not abstract enough b. was too focused on reform c. encouraged anti-military sentiment d. deflected attention away from those consolidating power
Discrimination, as defined in the text
a. refers to attitudes or feelings that one's own group is superior to all other groups. b. is limited to intentional actions by individuals or groups that bring harm to other individuals or groups. c. refers to actions or practices carried out by members of a dominant group that have a differential and harmful impact on members of a subordinate group. d. was thought by Charles Hamilton and Stokely Carmichael to be caused mainly by prejudice.
Individuals who are roughly one's same age and have similar interests would be known as one's ____
a. subculture b. cohort c. family d. gang e. peer group
The U.S. government definition of "unemployed" includes those who
a. are temporarily not working because of illness, but hold a job. b. are without a job but are actively searching for employment. c. are over the age of 16 and who are not working at least 5 hours per week. d. volunteer fewer than 20 hours per week. e. work unpaid 15 hours or more in a family business.