Which of the following statements is ACCURATE about marriage and divorce rates over the past 90 years?

A. The marriage rate has always been higher than the divorce rate.
B. As divorce rates go up, marriage rates tend to go down.
C. As marriage rates go down, marriage rates go up.
D. There have been several years in which the divorce rate has been higher than the marriage rate.


A

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The idea that economic, political, and other forms of human behavior are fundamentally shaped by social relationships is referred to as ______.

A. sociology B. social embeddedness C. relational theory D. social reciprocity

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The concept of ______ empowers an individual to impose their beliefs on others.

a. tolerance b. ethnocentrism c. righteousness d. discrimination

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When people define sport as a form of religion they identify similarities between sport and religion. For example, they note that both

A. have rituals that people use to deal with ultimate questions in life. B. invoke intense excitement and emotional commitment. C. focus on the connection between the natural and the supernatural. D. are based on the belief that the human body is sacred.

Sociology