Single-parent families have been maligned for causing juvenile delinquency, poverty, and a host of other social problems. List at least three difficulties with such a sweeping generalization
What will be an ideal response?
(1) There are different kinds of single-parent families with different kinds of circumstances (e.g., a teenage mother and a 40-year-old female executive); (2) There are different paths to becoming a single parent with varying consequences; (3) The cause-and-effect relationship is unclear; (4) Single parenthood is less problematic in other industrialized nations because of many social supports that are notably lacking in the United States.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A review of family size effects showed that in large families,
A) child rearing was more rule driven. B) corporal punishment was more prevalent. C) more delinquents and alcoholics were produced. D) all the above three were found.
Which sociologist supported the pluralist model as the basis for power on the community level?
A. Robert Dahl B. G. William Domhoff C. C. Wright Mills D. David Riesman
Substantial profits can be made from __________, which is separated from the rest of the blood and converted into its various fractions, such as gamma globulin
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