Police and hospital records on spousal assault indicate that
a. men and women are similar in their violence towards their spouses.
b. despite the stereotypes, women are actually more violent than men.
c. nearly all violence between spouses is directed at women by men.
d. in traditional marriages men are more violent; in egalitarian marriages, the violence is nearly equal between husbands and wives.
c
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Which statement is TRUE regarding consumption and education?
A. Public education has been largely able to escape consumerism. B. In the past, students did not "consume" education. C. Parents and students "shop" education to find the greatest return for the least amount of money. D. Today's students reject consumerism in schools.
Which theoretical perspective is concerned with alienation in society?
a. conflict theory b. functionalism c. symbolic interactionism d. constructivism
Though Rosa Parks is credited with starting the civil rights movement in 1955 when she refused to move to the back of the bus, in fact this movement
a. was started behind closed doors at a secret meeting of the leaders of the Baptist church and the federal government. b. is not the result of one event but the inevitable outcome of centuries of mistreatment of Black people by White people and their governments. c. actually began with the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960. d. began in 1960 with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Which of the following statements is true of child maltreatment?
A) ?U.S. child maltreatment rates have decreased since 2007. B) ?Sexual abuse is the most common type of child maltreatment. C) ?Physical abuse is the most common type of child maltreatment. D) ?Child maltreatment is most common in two-parent households. E) ?Child maltreatment differs significantly from child abuse.