The United States is increasingly a nation of
A) rich and poor
B) middle class
C) meritocracy
D) theocracy
Answer: A
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With ________________, even a false idea can become true if it is acted upon.
a. habitualization b. institutionalization c. a self-fulfilling prophecy d. the Thomas theorem
The nations of Western Europe, Israel, Japan, and Australia fall into which category of countries?
a. low-income nations b. middle-income nations c. high-income nations d. socially marginalized nations
The emergence of a protected, extended stage of childhood in the 1800s occurred as a result of
A. greater economic resources of parents. B. the spread of schooling and a decline in child deaths. C. legal restrictions on how children were treated. D. a growing population of elderly (and therefore grandparents).
In the “nature versus nurture” argument regarding socialization, the “nurture” component refers to __________.
a. social influence
b. contact with others
c. cultural tradition
d. heredity