An attorney who is also a mother feels harried by the pressures of her job, her family responsibilities, the need to spend time with her husband and the demands of her children as well as her aging parents who need her care. She is experiencing:
a. overload
b. role conflict
c. role obligations
d. role strain
B
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According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2013), the job category that includes such occupations as _____________ _______ has the lowest participation rates of women.
A. administrative assistants and nursing B. science and technology C. social work and day care workers D. electricians, plumbers, and carpenters
In the concentric zone model of Burgess (1925), commuters live in Zone
a. 1. b. 2. c. 3. d. 5.
Among the people in this study, for the women who had full-time paying jobs, which of the following is true?
a. Their husbands not only took on a greater amount of housework, but they did the kind of housework that traditionally was called "women's work.". b. Their husbands took on more household duties, but women were still expected to do traditional female chores, such as grocery shopping, scrubbing floors, and cleaning toilets. c. Their husbands did not step in to do any more around the house, and the women were expected to do the same amount of housework, even if the husband was unemployed and the wife was employed. d. These couples represent the trend toward more egalitarian division of labor in household work, where both the husband and wives do equal shares.
A farmer is called to help sandbag a levy that is about to flood his town. The farmer is stationed between two correctional center inmates who are required to assist in the flood-control efforts. As a result of this experience, the farmer has developed a newfound respect for inmates. This example would be consistent with which perspective?
A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. global perspective