Being skinny was associated with poor health during the early twentieth century

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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Lazarfeld and Merton argued that television keeps people awake

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Darren is an ad executive and works 60 hours a week. His stay-at-home wife, Samantha, cooks his meals, cleans and irons his clothes, and hosts dinner parties for him in an effort to help him do well as the breadwinner

These things that Samantha does for her husband are examples of __________. A) reproductive labor B) second shift C) modernity D) cohabitation

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Which myth of family life blames divorced and unwed mothers for damaging children, destroying families, and tearing apart the fabric of society?

a. The myth of family decline as the cause of social problems They increase the centralization of capital, increase corporate debt, and raise prices. b. The myth of a unified family experience They increase the power of huge corporations over workers, unions, and government and reduce the number of jobs. c. The myth of the monolithic family form They diminish the benefits to local communities, as superlarge companies are unlikely to focus as intensely as smaller ones on support for local neighborhoods. d. The myth of family decline as the cause of social problems All of the above

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Cumulative advantage can be a social problem within sciences if and when ______.

A. it allows for a team of scientists to obtain government funding for basic research B. it leads to the domination of a scientific field by a closed network of scientists C. scientific hypotheses are confirmed by evidence D. scientific theories are disconfirmed by new evidence

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