Which statement about second marriages and stepfamilies is INCORRECT?
a. It typically takes between 5 and 7 years for a stepfamily to feel like a real family.
b. Second marriages are often characterized by a withdrawn communication pattern.
c. Stepchildren have fewer behavioral problems and adjustment troubles than biological
children.
d. Second marriages tend to allow for high levels of autonomy in each partner.
c. Stepchildren have fewer behavioral problems and adjustment troubles than biological
children.
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a. the costs of steadily improving medical technologies b. exorbitant salaries of family practitioners c. the AIDS epidemic d. misuse of health insurance benefits e. None of the above
Social philosophers who preceded—and whose work guided—the economists, sociologists, and anthropologists of the twentieth century, were deeply concerned about:
a. crime and injustice b. capitalism and the national state c. liberalism and conservatism d. war and peace
Research on the relationship of social class to health care finds that
a. people with lower incomes do not generally rate their health as excellent b. those in lower social classes have rates of infant mortality and stillbirths roughly equal to those of upper-class people. c. lower income people are less likely to smoke than upper-class people. d. those using Medicaid are healthier than those not using Medicaid.
In modern industrial societies, how is descent traced?
A. unilineally B. matrilineally C. patrilineally D. bilaterally