Is maternal instinct, that is, the special bond and devotion to caring for the newborn child, instinctive (i.e. something women are born with) and universal? Support your answer with evidence from the text
What will be an ideal response?
It does not appear to be instinctive because it is not universal. Rhesus monkeys raised in isolation without seeing monkeys mothering their offspring do not know how to raise their own. Women raised in abuse or indifferent families tend to be abusive or indifferent to their own children. In some cultures mothers are cool or unfriendly to their children or to act as though they do not know them. These examples show that the way mothers interact with their children is learned, not instinctive
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A. Everett Hughes B. William I. Thomas C. Daniel Bell D. Karl Marx
For children, their parent's employment is part of the________
A) microsystem B) macrosystem C) exosystem D) mesosystem
The self-protective behavior of officials at the top may render the organization ineffective. This is an example of which of the following types of problems of bureaucracies?
a. Inefficiency and rigidity b. Resistance to change c. Excessive rationality d. Administrative incompetency
According to Erving Goffman, most of our performances end in failure, due to the complexity of social interactions.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)