Which of the following statements describes intragenerational social mobility?
a. Long-term changes in society occur that affect young people.
b. An expansion of the U.S. economy pushes up living standards for everyone.
c. Children are upwardly or downwardly socially mobile in relation to their parents.
d. Individuals change their social positions during their own lifetimes.
Answer: d. Individuals change their social positions during their own lifetimes.
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As acculturation takes place, __________
A) strangers' consciousness increases as the freshness of their perception is lost B) the natives' abstract typification about the strangers become more concrete through social interaction C) the stranger begins questioning daily activities D) there is more conflict between the natives and the strangers
Remarried couples tend to perceive their new relationships as more equitable than their first marriages. Why is this?
a) Women have fewer levels of financial resources in their second marriages than in their first. b) Women seek more power because of specific experiences in their prior marriages. c) Men concede less during marital conflicts than they did in their first marriages d) Both remarried men and women have more rigid ideas about their roles in marriage. e) Actually, remarried couples tend to perceive their new relationship as less equitable than their first marriages.
According to Shepard, Marx's work has been somewhat neglected by American sociologists because
a. his predictions were true, thus threatening American capitalism. b. Marx's work was not translated in to English until 1957. c. government policies prevented American sociologists from conducting research on socialist theories. d. American sociologists recognized Marx's ideas as subversive. e. his ideas did not fit well with the American emphasis on capitalism, achievement, and upward mobility.
What did sociologist Shirley Hill suggest about gender equality in Black families?
a) Support for untraditional career aspirations for their children. b) Rigid roles based on traditional gender role expectations. c) Lower-income Blacks were more supportive or untraditional gender roles. d) Boys have more leeway in career aspirations than girls.