William Julius Wilson rejected the _____ explanation in favor of a social/economic explanation of racial differences.

A. Moynihan
B. culture of poverty
C. cultural deficiencies
D. inner-city


Answer: B

Sociology

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Which of the following statements regarding public health insurance is true?

a. Medicare is a medical entitlement program for the elderly while Medicaid is a medical welfare system for the poor. b. Medicare is a medical welfare system for the poor while Medicaid is a medical entitlement program for the elderly. c. Medicaid is based primarily on age while Medicare provides medical, hospital, and long term care for people who are poor and either aged, blind, disabled, or pregnant. d. Medicare is funded by federal and state governments whereas Medicaid is funded by people's payments into the Social Security system.

Sociology

Recent studies of remarriage patterns demonstrate which of the following trends?

(a) Widowed people remarry at much higher rates than divorced people. (b) Divorced men tend to prefer never-married women. (c) Divorced people are likely to remain single for at least five years after a divorce. (d) Remarriage after widowhood is much less frequent than remarriage after divorce.

Sociology

The Global North country with the fewest physical consultations per capita is ______.

A. the United States B. the Netherlands C. Japan D. Sweden

Sociology

When a researcher wants to report the average cost of college tuition from the 1950s until present time, they are utilizing ______ statistics.

A. prescriptive B. descriptive C. inferential D. historical

Sociology