Most Americans believe that meritocracy is the way the US system __________ work.

Most Americans believe that meritocracy is the way the US system __________ work.
 
  a. should and does
  b. shouldn't but does
  c. shouldn't and doesn't
  d. should but doesn't

Question 2

According to Lisa Keister, in Family Life and Economic Success, it is likely that people who are raised in religions where fertility is relatively low
 
  a. will accumulate more wealth over their lives.
  b. will accumulate less wealth.
  c. will achieve a relatively low education.
  d. will themselves experience higher fertility.

Question 3

To enact a role is to
 
  a. act a part but without enthusiasm.
  b. conform.
  c. refuse to accept social structure.
  d. be a free actor.

Question 4

The resources parents have available to their children decrease as family size increases. Keister, in Family Size and Economic Success, calls this decrease
 
  a. dilution.
  b. negative.
  c. negligible.
  d. the sibship effect.

Question 5

A role is a set of
 
  a. status positions.
   b. expected behaviors.
   c. patterns.
   e. all of the above.