Most good jobs require _____, which can be difficult for the poor to obtain
a. a college degree
b. a culture of poverty
c. a high level of intelligence
d. industriousness and hard work
Answer: a. a college degree
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A(n) _____ consists of people who share a culture and a territory
a. society b. group c. industrial society d. horticultural society
Conservatives differ from liberals in that conservatives
A. argue that the government should encourage low-income men and women to marry in order to ease hardships of poverty. B. want a much broader and more costly set of supports to be provided to employed parents. C. are against tax credits that would assist all families with at least one worker. D. contend that government programs should focus on encouraging nonmarital births and same-sex marriages.
The theoretical perspective that is most concerned with the fact that families are gendered institutions that reflect the gender hierarchies in society is _____, a position that is similar to that of _____, which views families as reinforcing and supporting power relations in society.
A. functionalism; feminist theory B. exchange theory; functionalism C. symbolic interaction theory; feminist theory D. feminist theory; conflict theory
In Max Weber's view,
A. our rank in society is determined by four separate variables. B. our position in a stratification system reflects some combination of class, stigma, and power. C. people hold three distinct ranks in society. D. all people fall under the same social class.