Within the U.S., which of the following family functions has increased in importance since the colonial era?
a. care of dependents
b. status ascription
c. provision of intimacy
d. sexual regulation
c
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Intensive horticultural societies generally have economies based on
a. reciprocity b. surplus expropriation c. pure redistribution d. partial redistribution
The authors argue that most in the United States have
A) multiple marriage partners. B) multiple ethnic origins. C) multiple languages spoken. D) multiple intra-country travels.
In the Baby Doe case,
a. ?doctors performed surgery unlikely to improve the baby’s quality of life. b. ?parents forced the doctors to perform surgery that the doctors considered unwarranted. c. ?the baby died after its parents refused to authorize potentially life-saving surgery. d. doctors demanded federal funding for performing surgery on a retarded baby. e. ?lawyers forced parents to comply with their doctors’ decisions regarding their baby’s care.
A sociologist studies drug-use patterns among small groups of college students in a Midwestern college. This would be an example of
A. microsociology. B. macrosociology. C. conflict theory. D. functionalism.