Families that communicate well tend to:
a. promote egocentrism.
b. fight fairly.
c. communicate indirectly.
d. enjoy passive activities.
B
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A) intersex friendships B) cross-sex friendships C) hetero-friendships D) romantic friendships
A very remote tribe of people lives in the highlands of Papua, New Guinea. Boys are expected to undergo a blood initiation, which to outsiders would seem quite cruel and inhuman. For example, elders stick long canes into the young initiates' noses and a sharp arrow pierces their tongues a number of times. Members of the tribe believe that these rituals are necessary to expel the contaminated blood received from their mothers when they gave birth to them. Men may not marry or assume adult responsibilities unless they undergo these rituals. What do these rituals represent to these young men?
A. agents of socialization B. a life-course perspective C. a rite of passage D. a total institution
The number of deaths among infants less than one year of age per 1,000 live births is called the ____
a. crude birthrate b. infant mortality rate c. crude death rate d. crude infant death rate e. morbidity rate
Which of the following statements best represents variation in racial and ethnic identification across countries?
a. Countries mostly categorize race and ethnicity in the same way. b. Countries base racial and ethnic categorization on different traits, including skin color, cultural group membership, regional origin, and religion. c. Countries vary widely in how they categorize racial and ethnic groups, although very few use skin color as a criterion. d. Smaller nations tend to use skin color as a guide to categorizing racial and ethnic groups, whereas larger nations are more likely to define race and ethnicity based on religion or culture.