List at least two groups who have particularly high dropout rates. Provide two reasons that researchers identify that
help explain these high dropout rates?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Latino students, African American students, Lesbian/Gay students. Pregnancy, school is boring and not
relevant, poor grades, poverty causes need to work, lack of belonging, no one cares, harassment.
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The following is (are) true about family norms:
a. Family norms are socially expected behavior patterns usually determined by an individual’s status b. Many times the most powerful norms are those that are not clearly and verbally stated c. In families with problems, family norms usually do not allow the family or the individual members to function effectively and productively d. b and c only
The capacity to move people in a desired direction to accomplish some end is defined in the text as an example of:
A) ?Social leverage B) ?Political acumen C) ?Power D) ?All of the above
The biggest change in social services that came about in the 1960s was _________
A. Social Security B. Medicare and Medicaid C. the Economic Opportunity Act D. the War on Poverty
After receiving instructions on how to better communicate with each other, the family is ready to ___________ the behavior
a. model. b. practice. c. evaluate. d. a and b. e. all of the above.