Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The United States a uniquely open society.
2. The concept of the American Dream was named in the The Epic of America.
3. Studying women’s mobility presents special set problems.
4. Downward mobility has declined and upward mobility has increased.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
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Men are most likely to batter their wives if they
a. ?believe their power within the family is threatened. b. ?wish their wives would obtain paid employment. c. ?have more than four children. d. ?hold professional jobs. e. ?have college degrees.
Darius is the father of a three-year-old and a five-year-old. How will his role as father be different from his grandfather who raised children in the 1960s and 1970s?
A. He will spend more time at work and less time with his children compared to his grandfather. B. His role will be more of the breadwinner and disciplinarian than his grandfather was. C. He will be more involved with his children and with housework than his grandfather. D. He will feel more of the economic burden for the family than his grandfather did.
The 1929 stock market crash and the subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s was caused by a variety of factors, but these are perhaps best described as
A. greed. B. an inherent instability in the capitalist system. C. excessive government involvement. D. a herd mentality.
Which of these is TRUE of deviant consumption?
A. The poor are most likely to be deviant consumers because they cannot afford consumption. B. Definitions of what constitutes deviant consumption are widely shared. C. Some consumers of items in the same group may be labeled deviant while others might not (e.g. wrong or right drug users) D. Deviant consumption occurs only in the U.S.