Criticize the social exchange perspective
What will be an ideal response?
The student should point out that this perspective focuses on careful evaluation of benefits and costs, and it assumes that people always act in rational ways. Moreover, social exchange theory stresses the individual and his/her needs over the needs of the family unit.
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Fill in the blanks with correct word
Mothers pressure their children more than fathers to behave in gender-appropriate ways
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Secularization is the
A. process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes. B. ordinary and commonplace element of life, as distinguished from the sacred. C. process through which religion's influence on other social institutions increases. D. element beyond everyday life that inspires awe, respect, and even fear.
Robert Park's model of how immigrants adapted to a new setting was called straight-line assimilation. Milton Gordon refined this theory and suggested that an immigrant population can pass through seven stages of assimilation. Harold Isaacs then observed that, despite what seemed to be full assimilation, ethnic identity persisted. His findings led Clifford Geertz to conclude that because it was not biological, ethnicity must be the result of
a.) conflict and competition. b.) culture. c.) accommodation and tolerance. d.) the "melting pot."