Your age and race are examples of:
a. ascribed statuses
b. achieved statuses.
c. assumed statuses.
d. acquired statuses.
a
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Which of the following statements is true of caste system?
A. In a caste system, people's social positions are based on individual achievement. B. In a caste system, people can easily move from one caste to another. C. A caste system has a relatively open stratification structure. D. A caste system encourages marriages outside one's caste. E. In a caste system, social positions are ascribed at birth.
According to Stenberg's triangular view of love, empty love is characterized by the presence of:
A) commitment and passion without intimacy. B) commitment without passion or intimacy. C) passion without commitment or intimacy. D) intimacy and commitment without passion.
______ suicides occur when individuals are not well integrated into society.
a. anomic b. altruistic c. fatalistic d. egoistic
How did backlash occur after the courts began to rule that same-sex marriages were legal?
A. The officials who would normally perform the ceremonies refused to. B. The couples would gain a ceremony but no legal protection. C. The laws were easily reversed in all states. D. The activists involved in gaining legal same-sex marriage were arrested.