Global stratification in its present configuration__________.
a. is not difficult to sustain
b. will likely be protected forever
c. is precarious
d. will definitely disappear in a few years
Answer: c. is precarious
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What percentage of all mothers work full-time?
A) one-third B) one-half C) two-thirds D) three-quarters
One of the social foundations of deviance is that
a. deviance exists only in relation to cultural norms. b. there are many acts that are always deviant everywhere. c. people are born deviant. d. social power has little to do with what norms are and how people apply them.
Which of the following statements is most likely true about the members of a network family?
A. They are always available to help and support each other in the same way as a family related by blood or marriage. B. They primarily include single mothers who are the most impoverished group in the nation and who fulfill their intimacy needs through their children. C. They essentially share a causal and sexual relationship with each other and avoid commitments. D. They live together in the same way as a family related by blood or marriage.
Biography and History Shapes Educational ExperiencesIn this exercise, you will look at how your educational experience is shaped by the time in which you live and your personal biography.The fundamental insight of the sociological imagination is that an individual's reality is the product of the intersection of biography and history. Take a few moments to consider how your own experience and understanding of education are shaped by the intersection of your individual biography with the historical moment in which you live and answer the following questions:What year were you born? What year did you begin formal schooling? What year did you graduate from high school?
What will be an ideal response?