Comparing children's well-being in married families with that of those in one-parent families, Linda Waite found that children from married families had several strengths. Which of the following is NOT one of her findings?
a. Children were about half as likely to drop out of high school
b. Children had a higher IQ and were more creative
c. Children were significantly less likely to live in poverty.
d. Children had better-quality relationships with their parents.
b
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________ is based on the belief that people have the right to disregard the law under certain circumstances
a. Slavery reparation b. Civil disobedience c. Self-fulfilling prophecy d. Relative deprivation
All of the following policies are part of the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) EXCEPT:
a. States are obligated to provide services to all eligible families. b. Households are eligible for support for only two years at a time and for five years in the lifetime of any adult in the household. c. States are required to assign all able adults in a welfare household to job-training and job-finding activities unless they are already working at least thirty hours a week. d. Medicaid coverage continues for persons who leave welfare to go to work for one year after they leave welfare.
Manuel returned to school for certification in computer science despite the fact he has ten years of work experience in this field. Schooling will not affect his performance, but will get him a raise. This is an example of:
a. functional illiteracy. b. the hidden curriculum. c. de facto segregation. d. reverse sexism in performance evaluation. e. the credentialized society.
The history of osteopathy suggests how difficult it is to
A. move from being a marginal occupation to being a limited occupation. B. maintain an independent and unique identity while becoming a parallel profession. C. improve the educational standards of a field. D. gain legal recognition when a field has many female practitioners. E. gain legal recognition when a field lacks a scientific basis.