What constitutes a "family" has been widely debated. For many years, the standard sociological definition of family was a:

a. social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption

b. group of people who are related to one another by bonds of blood, marriage, or adoption and who live together, form an economic unit, and bear and raise children.
c. group of people that consists of a husband and wife, children from previous marriages, and children (if any) from the new marriage.
d. social network of people into which a person is born, comprised of relatives, parents, and children who live in the same household.


b

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Significant numbers of Irish Catholics became upwardly mobile by the turn of the twentieth century because they entered the urban economy when expanding industries needed large numbers of low wage workers

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Which of the following is NOT true about sexual development in infancy?

A) Newborns possess the ability for sexual response. B) Newborn males can experience erections. C) Newborn females show evidence of vaginal lubrication. D) Sperm cells are fully developed in males.

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Prostitution is currently legal in parts of which state?

a. Alaska b. Nevada c. Oregon d. Hawaii

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