Inherited characteristics (such as eye folds, or white or brown skin) are, in the United States, considered to be features of __________.

A. ethnicity
B. culture
C. race
D. minorities


Answer: C

Sociology

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The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act states that __________

A) individual states have no obligation to finance abortion B) a woman under the age of 18 must have parental consent for an abortion C) picketers and other demonstrators must remain 300 feet away from the entrances to abortion clinics. D) clinics must stay open at least 6 days per week

Sociology

Which of the following statements supports the "family is declining" perspective?

A) Men and women wait to get married until they are older and more mature. B) Adults who are financially deprived should not have children. C) Many adults are unwilling to invest their financial resources in their children. D) Parents now have less control over their adult married children.

Sociology

Your text suggests that __________ is the probably the least effective of the ways listed to deal with crime and prison crowding

a. developing more effective community-based corrections b. putting more money into law enforcement c. addressing the social problems and institutions that give rise to and encourage crime d. building more prisons

Sociology

In Talcott Parson’s overall action system, the _____ is mostly associated with the latency or pattern maintenance imperative.

a. behavioral organism b. cultural system c. personality system d. social system

Sociology