Which best summarizes the data on divorce in the United States?
a. Divorce rates are difficult to calculate.
b. Divorce appears to be leveling off, if not declining somewhat.
c. Divorce continues to increase at a high rate.
d. At least 50 of marriages end in divorce.
e. a and b above
Question 2The major focus of Annette Laureau's article, Unequal Childhoods,' is
a. comparison of children from the United States and developing countries.
b. to examine changes in childrearing over the last century.
c. analysis of how children's socialization varies by social class.
d. to analyze how education varies by race and ethnicity.
Question 3The relationship between inequality and ideas is, according to Dugger, the fact that
a. people's ideas create a system of inequality.
b. ideas are used justify inequality.
c. it is in the world of ideas that inequality is most prevalent.
d. inequality has little or nothing to do with ideas.
Question 4Roles are defined by those
a. within the social structure.
b. outside the social structure.
c. both inside and outside the social structure.
Question 5Most Americans believe that __________ is the way the US system should and does work.
a. autocracy
b. idealism
c. meritocracy
d. inheritance
Question 6Dugger describes inequality as a situation whereby
a. some people have more than others.
b. some people are able to benefit at the expense of others.
c. some people are superior to others.
d. some people are virtuous; some are sinners.
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