Sarah is spending a summer living in another country where people have a way of life that differs ...

Sarah is spending a summer living in another country where people have a way of life that differs from her own. A sociologist might expect that this experience would lead her to ________
 
  a. end up with a greater understanding of both a new way of life and her own way of life.
  b. accept what people in the United States call common sense.
  c. assume that people's lives simply reflect the choices they make.
  d. gradually understand less and less about her own way of life.

Question 2

Sociologist Lenore Weitzman carried out research showing that women who divorce ________
 
  a. typically remarry within one year.
  b. claim they are happier than before.
  c. suffer a significant loss of income.
  d. have a happier sex life.

Question 3

About 1.25million immigrants enter the United States each year and many (including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gloria Estefan) have become well known. These facts support the conclusion that ________
 
  a. the world's nations are increasingly interconnected.
  b. other nations have little effects on life in rich countries such as the United States.
  c. people around the world share little in terms of their ways of life.
  d. sociology does not have to pay attention to nations other than the United States.

Question 4

Countries in which average people's income is typical for the world as a whole and in which people are as likely to live in a rural area as in an urban area are categorized as ________
 
  a. low-income nations.
  b. middle-income nations.
  c. high-income nations.
  d. socially marginalized nations.

Question 5

Almost all of Latin America (excluding Mexico) and almost all of Asia Asia falls in the category of ________
 
  a. low-income nations.
  b. middle-income nations.
  c. high-income nations.
  d. socially marginalized nations.