In a hypothesis about crime that makes a causal claim that an increase in the level of inequality in society will result in an increase in the crime rate in that society, __________ is the dependent variable
a. the crime rate
b. rate of inequality
c. the level of inequality
d. the ratio of crime to inequality
a
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On which of the following points do all theories that fall under "new racism" agree?
A. The civil rights era brought many changes to life in the United States, but only in legal arenas. B. The election of Barack Obama was the single most important factor in changing many Americans' minds about the role of race and racism in their own lives. C. Prejudice and discrimination continue in social life today. D. Racism in America is as it always was; despite some progress, the heart of the problem remains.
Among the people in this study, for the women who had full-time paying jobs, which of the following is true?
a. Their husbands not only took on a greater amount of housework, but they did the kind of housework that traditionally was called "women's work.". b. Their husbands took on more household duties, but women were still expected to do traditional female chores, such as grocery shopping, scrubbing floors, and cleaning toilets. c. Their husbands did not step in to do any more around the house, and the women were expected to do the same amount of housework, even if the husband was unemployed and the wife was employed. d. These couples represent the trend toward more egalitarian division of labor in household work, where both the husband and wives do equal shares.
Karl Marx cited the existence of two social classes in the modern society: the ______ who belong to the working class and the ______, or the wealthy owners of the means of production.
A. nouveau riche; serfs B. proletariat; bourgeoisie C. aristocrats; peasants D. patricians; plebeians
The __________, as viewed by Freud, is the balancing mechanism in our personality.
a. id b. ego c. superego d. conscience