List the three macro-level factors that explain why most women change their name when they marry
What will be an ideal response?
(1) It is a carryover from patriarchal and patrilineal customs in which, upon marriage, the wife became the legal property of her husband. (2) Last names clarify paternity. (3) It demonstrates that women have found a husband to avoid the stigma associated with being unmarried.
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People who vilify and reject groups who are outsiders or foreigners to the dominant social group are exhibiting ______.
A. ethnic cleansing B. xenophobia C. stereotyping D. prejudice
In 1950, only ________ in twenty American children were born to an unmarried mother
a. one b. two c. three d. no children were born out of wedlock in the 1950s
In 1990, which act of Congress outlawed discrimination against people with disabilities in employment and public accommodations, including hotels, theaters, restaurants, and stores?
a. the Civil Rights Act, Title XV b. the Medicare Disabled Persons Amendment c. the Americans with Disabilities Act d. the Equal Access Act
A person who is feeling negativity and disorder is experiencing which of the following?
A. cultural expectations B. dissonance C. multiculturalism D. harmony