Upper-class parents tend to emphasize which of the following?

Upper-class parents tend to emphasize which of the following?
 
  a. Not being a nuisance
  b. Meeting the high expectations of past family achievements
  c. Reasoning
  d. All of these

Question 2

Individuals at the bottom of the social structure who perceive themselves as having little chance of ever escaping poverty would be classified as members of the
 
  a. upper-middle class.
  b. lower-middle class.
  c. upper-working class.
  d. underclass.

Question 3

Edwin and Lavonne are a typical, hard-working family in the United States. Edwin owns a small business and Lavonne stays home with the children. They both value achievement, respect, and having harmonious interpersonal relationships within their family. Based on this description, Edwin and Lavonne would be classified as
 
  a. upper class.
  b. lower-middle class.
  c. lower class.
  d. underclass.

Question 4

Which of the following is true?
 
  a. Social class membership begins exerting an influence only in the elementary school years.
  b. Social class membership begins exerting its influence before birth.
  c. Social class affects individual outcome(s) only during the adult working years.
  d. Social class has little effect on individual outcome(s).

Question 5

Which of the following is a difference between traditional and modern societies?
 
  a. The traditional society looks to the past for ways to behave; a modern society looks to the present.
  b. A modern society values its elders; the traditional society does not.
  c. Traditional societies tend to use achieved status; modern societies do not.
  d. None of these; traditional and modern societies are the same.

Question 6

Social status that is determined by family lineage, gender, birth order, or skin color is called
 
  a. ascribed status.
  b. achieved status.
  c. traditional status.
  d. new status.

Question 7

In colonial times, families were
 
  a. patriarchal and extended.
  b. matriarchal and extended.
  c. patriarchal and geographically separated.
  d. egalitarian.

Question 8

Which of the following best characterizes changes in the role of fatherhood over historical time?
 
  a. Economic provider to caregiver/nurturer
  b. Patriarchal to matriarchal
  c. More involved to less involved
  d. Caregiver to worker