Middle-class and affluent families were the first to develop an emphasis on emotional bonds in family life because:
A. they had more education
B. they had no need to consider the economic impact of mate selection
C. popular culture and the media promoted this
D. they tend to be less religious
Answer: B. they had no need to consider the economic impact of mate selection
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The authors take the following stand towards the practice of researchers to reveal their research subjects' "misrecognitions."
A. This is a humiliating practice that violates research ethics. B. This is an important contribution that researchers can make to our understanding of the politics of a situation. C. This rarely takes place because most qualitative researchers see their goal as one of fairly representing the views of research subjects. D. This is a situation that can be avoided by interviewing research subjects about their feelings and opinions rather than their factual knowledge. E. This practice reflects a research fallacy because it is based on the erroneous position that there is an absolute truth which can be either recognized or misrecognized.
________ couple types adhere to conventional beliefs about marriage. These couples are interdependent in their relationship and prefer to be less independent and self-sufficient than the other marital types
A) Independents B) Separates C) Traditional D) Mixed
How common is cohabitation?
A. There were nearly 5 million cohabiting couples in 2015, which is slightly more cohabiting couples than in 2000. B. There were over 8 million cohabiting couples in 2015, which is more than double the number of cohabiting couples in 2000. C. There were 25 million cohabiting couples in 2015, which is almost five times as many as there were in 2000. D. No one really knows how common cohabitation is because it is impossible to gather reliable statistics.
Thorstein Veblen suggested persons at the top of the social hierarchy convert wealth into conspicuous consumption, while the behavior of the lower classes is often subjected to ridicule. Veblen's views are from the
A. feminist perspective. B. interactionist perspective. C. conflict perspective. D. functionalist perspective.