Since 1980, the number of divorces per 1000 persons in the population
A. dropped but only slightly.
B. remained the same.
C. first dropped, then increased to the same rate as in 1970.
D. decreased to the lowest rate since 1970.
D
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According to the text, what is a major limitation of micro- and midlevel approaches to reducing social problems?
a. Not enough emphasis is placed on the part that individuals must play in solving their own problems. b. Efforts at this level typically lack the sustained capacity to produce changes at the national or international levels. c. Overemphasis on the structural barriers in society may make social change seem impossible. d. Family members become over-involved in fixing one another's social problems.
Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx were all
a. theologians. b. nonreligious. c. clergymen. d. Christians.
Research on choosing a committed life partner has focused almost solely on heterosexual marital mate selection
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Middleman minority theories concentrate on business activities of the dominant ethnic subpopulation. 2. Middleman minority theories emphasize the mobility of low-class ethnics to the middle classes. 3. The identifiability of an ethnic subpopulation is always based on biological features. 4. The size of an ethnic subpopulation has little impact on the pattern of discrimination it will experience. 5. Only a comparatively small ethnic subpopulation can become a middleman minority.