Stepparents
A) have no legal rights.
B) may have to compete with their stepchildren for their spouses' attention.
C) do not have clear boundaries.
D) All of the above
D
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_____ refers to the institutionalized practice of age prejudice and discrimination
a. Age cohort b. Ageism c. Age stereotypes d. Age stratification
Why have feminist social scientists been more successful in offering single studies of particular groups than in providing systematic comparisons within the same society?
a. It is not important to compare families of different racial identities within the same society. b. Racial and class differences are often treated as a unique variation on the white, middle-class “norm,” as opposed to being understood as the product of ubiquitous social forces. c. Single studies of particular groups of families and women are more illuminating because they highlight the special structure of racial and ethnic groups. d. Feminist social sciences have not offered any insights on the impacts of race and class.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In the nature versus nurture debate, most social scientists maintain that "nurture" is considerably more important than "nature." 2. Twin studies are viewed with some skepticism because they are based on very small sample sizes. 3. In the early 1900s, Charles Horton Cooley advanced the belief that we learn who we are by interacting with others 4. The second stage of development in George Herbert Mead's model is the game stage. 5. The members of your nuclear family, your athletic coach, a teacher in a large lecture hall, and your best friend are all significant others.
The impact of China's one-child policy on that country's fertility level can best be described as
a. having provided the initial impetus for a fertility decline. b. allowing China to mirror similar fertility declines among its neighbors. c. facilitating an already existing decline in fertility. d. being important only because it accompanied measures of social equity.