Alba and Nee (1997) found that "there is abundant evidence that assimilation has been the ________ among the descendants of the immigrants...who mainly came from Europe... before 1930."
A) bain of failure
B) bain of taunting
C) slave trend
D) master trend
Answer: D
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A) cultural diversity B) cultural plurality C) cultural universality D) multiculturalism
Sociologist Kingsley Davis was interested in the case of Anna, a child who was kept in an attic-like room in her grandfather's house, because he: a. was studying parental attitudes of young, unmarried mothers
b. wanted to know more about what happens when a child is raised in isolation. c. was attempting to determine how children develop a generalized other. d. was examining the relationship between sexual motives and human behavior.
The unemployment rate is defined as
A. the number of people not working for pay. B. the percent of workers who are not making as much as they want to. C. the number of jobless people. D. the percent of those not working who are looking for work.
Which of the following statements about social connections today is most accurate?
A. The structure of friendship-how we connect and with whom-is changing. B. The nature of friendship is the same as in the past, but technology creates more social disconnection. C. People today are less socially connected than in past generations. D. There is good cause for concern that technology will create social isolation.