The later older years
a. are reached by everyone.
b. remain an abstract concept.
c. are really part of late middle age.
d. end the same for everyone who enters that stage.
d. end the same for everyone who enters that stage.
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Roles are often
a. ambiguous, contradictory, and negotiable. b. clear and very stable. c. formally written down as rules.
To determine the poverty line, the U.S. government calculates a low-cost food budget for a family of a specific size, then subjects that number to which modification?
A) It divides the food budget by five. B) It multiples the food budget by five. C) It divides the food budget by three. D) It multiplies the food budget by three.
In Chapter 1 (p. 32), Gloria speaks of la travesia, the physical crossing of the artificial, political border between the United States and Mexico. This crossing, for those living south of the border, is the choice to stay in Mexico and starve or move north and live. It is also a crossing that North Americans call 'a silent invasion'. In Chapter 4, Gloria also speaks of a travesia. This time, travesia refers to:
a. the use of repetitious acts as a ritual to help one through a trying time. b. the crossing over into sleep after being awake. c. the crossing over into insanity. d. a stepping into a new consciousness, or understanding of self, that arises from making meaning out of our greatest disappointments and painful experiences.
Polygamy is practiced in some parts of the world, such as Africa and Saudi Arabia. Monogamy is the dominant form of marital relations in the United States. Many people believe that polygamy and monogamy are deviant practices because they are not using:
a. cultural diffusion b. the sociological imagination c. resourcefulness d. the sociological vision