You are writing a term paper about drug use in the U.S. Which of the following statements would you most likely use in your paper?
a. Drug use is primarily found among the poor and working class.
b. Drug use is least common among Native Americans and Asian Americans.
c. Young adults use drugs more often than older adults.
d. Drug use among teenagers and young adults is increasing.
Which President initiated the Race to the Top program?
a. George W. Bush
b. Richard Nixon
c. Barack Obama
d. George H.W. Bush
When a recent national survey asked a sample of adults, Which of the following reasons do you think is most responsible for the continuing problem of poverty? the most common response was __________.
a. the lack of job opportunities
b. racial discrimination
c. the breakdown of families
d. too much government welfare that prevents initiative
What drug was initially popular among white adolescents and young adults in the nightclub scene or at raves (long dance parties), but is now used by a broader segment of the population?
a. heroin
b. cocaine
c. MDMA
d. methamphetamine
What is happening with respect to funding for higher education?
a. The share of all public universities' revenues derived from state and local taxes
declined from 95 percent in 1991 to 80 percent in 2013.
b. Since the recession ended, thirty states are still cutting their appropriations for
higher education, and in all states except New York and Arkansas, higher education funding remains well below pre-recession levels.
c. As tuition has soared at public state universities, financial aid has declined.
d. Because tuition varies so much from one state to the other, and the Pell grant does
not, many students in those states with higher tuition found college to be simply
unaffordable.
The text offers several reasons girls and women perform better in school than boys and men, on average. Which is NOT one of these reasons?
a. As labor market barriers to women have been lowered, the benefits of a college education are more obvious for women.
b. Parents likely assume that girls are smarter and therefore encourage their girls to put more effort into their studies.
c. Differences in studying styles may affect outcomes; research shows that girls tend
to study to understand the material, whereas boys emphasize the final performance.
d. Boys' aspirations may be leveled because of their higher incidence of behavioral and disciplinary problems.
Which drugs work, at least partially, by temporarily interfering with neurotransmitter action or by binding to neuron receptors?
a. heroin
b. hallucinogens
c. marijuana
d. prescription drugs
Dr. Oshiro, a Professor of Education, told his students about a study using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, which found that high schools with highly gendered extracurricular activities (e.g., sports, clubs) had __________.
a. more women enroll in Pell Grants
b. more negative comments about female teachers
c. fewer women enroll in higher education
d. fewer women enroll in STEM programs
In learning to adapt to their poverty, people develop norms, values, belief systems, and local institutions that are transmitted to their children. This reflects the __________ explanation of persistent poverty.
a. culture of poverty
b. value-stretch
c. Marxian structural
d. non-Marxian structural
Parker takes Oxycontin for his back pain on a regular basis. He is starting to take it more frequently than suggested by his doctor and looks for ways to purchase it without his doctor or pharmacist knowing about it.
Parker may be addicted to __________. a. inhalants
b. hallucinogens
c. MDMA
d. prescription drugs
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