In every country that industrializes, the birth rate increases.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2Bertha has just turned 16 and has caught the special interest of her father because she looks just as attractive and sexy as her mother did when they first dated. Bertha's mother has noticed this and now feels like a maid, not a wife and mother.
What do sociologists call this condition of a father seeing his daughter as a possible sexual interest, and a wife feeling as though she is a maid, rather than a wife and mother?
A) ego identity
B) role distance
C) diffusion of responsibility
D) role confusion
Question 3The use of nannies by upper-middle-class families has demonstrated a number of problems including tensions over differences in disciplinary action, parents missing important milestones in the child's life (first step and first words),
and the emotional attachment the child develops with the nanny.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false?
Question 4The desire to accumulate capital as a duty and to constantly reinvest it is what Max Weber referred to as the Protestant ethic.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5Although some experts claim immigrants drain the U.S. economy more than they contribute to it, others take the reverse view, concluding that immigrants produce more in labor and taxes than they cost.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 6Which of the following family situations is most likely to result in emotional overload?
A) Patrick and Terri live in the rural U.S. with their five children and many relatives.
B) Jacob and Rebecca reside in an Amish community with their eight children.
C) John and Diane live in the suburbs with their only child, John Jr.
D) Bob and Stephanie live in the city with their three children and close to their parents.
Question 7Conflict theorists see religion as being the means of social change and an instrument to establish a perfect society.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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