Social strata that are based primarily on economic criteria such as occupation, income and wealth are termed:
a. castes
b. classes
c. estates
d. institutions
B
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In 1950, the housewife-mother/breadwinner-father/ children arrangement characterized about 70 percent of all American families; in 1989 the percent was
a. 11 percent b. 33 percent c. 69 percent d. 91 percent
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Girls are socialized differently than boys within the U.S. 2. Education, religion, and the government all impact an individual's socialization. 3. The second stage of development in George Herbert Mead's model is the game stage. 4. The members of your nuclear family, your athletic coach, a teacher in a large lecture hall, and your best friend are all significant others. 5. The methods of celebrating rites of passage can provide a means of dramatizing and validating changes in a person's status.
Murray Straus and Richard Gelles compared the rate of physical abuse of children from a 1975 study with the rates from a 1985 replication. They found that the rate from the 1985 study was
A) 47 percent higher than in 1975. B) 17 percent higher than in 1975. C) 17 percent lower than in 1975. D) 47 percent lower than in 1975.
Definitions of social problems a. remain consistent and accurate throughout history
b. vary across societies and over time. c. are determined by a society's governing structure. d. are determined by academic intellectuals.