__________ define families as groups of people who live together and share biological and/or legal ties
a. Anthropologists
b. Biologists
c. Historians
d. Demographers
d
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Which factors influence the mobilization of power by members of a social class?
a. voting b. organizations that can lobby c. influence channels d. b and c above e. all of the above
Keegan joined a group to protest the lack of a clean up program in Central Park. This group has existed for over 6 months and now has extensive plans for new methods of action. Which of the following components of social movements is most dominant in the Central Park clean-up group?
A. collective B. organized C. sustained D. challenging to authority
In the context of sociological explanations of family and aging, which of the following is a similarity between conflict theorists and feminist scholars?
A) ?Both emphasize the inequality of gender roles in families. B) ?Both see marriage as critical in promoting social order and cohesion. C) ?Both emphasize that families construct their everyday lives through interaction and subjective interpretations of family roles. D) ?Both agree that there is considerable inequality between low-income and wealthy families in accessing necessary resources. E) ?Both provide sociological explanations of families and aging at a micro-level.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Total revenues of multinational businesses are on par with the total value of goods and services exchanged in entire nations. 2. Conflict theorists conclude that, on the whole, multinational corporations have a positive social impact on workers in both industrialized and developing nations. 3. A bonus for multinational corporations is that in general, the developing world discourages strong trade unions. 4. Over 2.5 billion people worldwide are living on less than $2 a day. 5. Contemporary modernization studies generally take a convergence perspective in which researchers focus on how societies are moving closer together despite traditional differences.