The American class system is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

The American class system is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  a. Class is economically based.
  b. Class has nothing to do with social relationships.
  c. Class system boundaries are fluid.
  d. Class positions are in some part achieved.

Ques. 2

_____________ couples are able to maintain closeness and intimacy by listening respectfully to one another and confirming each other's feelings.
 
  a. Validating
  b. Volatile
  c. Pseudomutual
  d. Unregulated

Ques. 3

Which of the following is true regarding the legal relationship between slave parents and their children?
 
  a. Children could not be sold away from their parents until they were seven years of age.
  b. Children could not be sold away from their parents until they were 13 years of age.
  c. Children could not be sold until they were adults at age 18 unless they were sold together with their mother.
  d. Slave parents had no legal rights regarding their children who could be sold away from them at anytime.

Ques. 4

Which of the following is/are TRUE about the experience of childhood in Puritan New England?
 
  a. By the age of seven, children were full participants in the productive work of their families.
  b. The Puritans believed that children were born sinners and that the task of parents was to drive out that sin through religious study, physical beatings, and psychological pressure.
  c. Nearly all boys and girls of all classes were placed in other households as students, servants, or apprentices.
  d. All of the above.

Ques. 5

Which of the following is considered the most pervasive stressor in adults' lives?
 
  a. low job status
  b. low educational status
  c. poverty
  d. poor housing