Which one of the following is one possible explanation of income differences between men and women?
a. Female employees encounter a glass elevator.
b. Male employees encounter a glass ceiling.
c. Many women leave the workplace to care for children and elderly parents.
d. Employers over-invest in childbearing-age women only to see them leave the workforce.
C
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Margaret Mead studied children in Samoa and on the basis of her research concluded:
A) adolescent girls in Samoa experienced more personal turbulence and conflict than did American girls B) Samoans were more sexually repressed than Americans C) the restricted nature of discussions of sex in American society led to more personal turbulence and conflict among American girls than among girls in Samoa D) the life course for adolescent girls in Samoa was pretty much the same as the life course for adolescent girls in America
Some employees fail to take advantage of family-oriented work policies because they believe their employer will:
a. eliminate more traditional fringe benefits. b. pass them over for promotions. c. undermine the power of their union. d. find a way to lower their wages.
In order for a group to be considered an ethnic group, they must share a common culture and
A. look different than the members of other ethnic groups. B. speak the same language as other members of the group. C. define themselves as having a collective identity. D. have a shared system of norms and values.
Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how unlike animals, because people are socialized they have the ability to critical reflect before acting?
a. Capacity for thought b. Learning meanings and symbols c. Action and interaction d. Making choices