Early studies and commentaries on suburban life emphasized:
a. superficial conformity
b. status seeking
c. unstable family life
d. a and b above
e. all of the above
Question 2Later studies of suburban life emphasized:
a. relatively few differences between city and suburban residents
b. strong family networks
c. strong friendship networks
d. strong engagement in civic life
e. all of the above
Question 3Modernization theorists frequently identify which of the following as causes of underdevelopment?
a. the inability of underdeveloped countries to generate enough capital to reach a takeoff point
b. the importation of culturally inappropriate business techniques from the
developed nations
c. the excessively future-oriented value systems that predominate in the
underdeveloped countries
d. all of these
Question 4Sanderson and Alderson suggests that the diverse theories that make up the modernization approach to underdevelopment are guided by two general assumptions. These are
a. that underdevelopment is an original state, and that it results from a society's internal flaws and deficiencies
b. that underdevelopment is an original state, and that it occurs primarily in
countries that are poorly endowed with natural resources
c. that underdevelopment is an undesirable situation, and that it results from a
society's internal flaws and deficiencies
Question 5What is the difference between doing gender and having gender?
a. Doing gender is being biologically male or female and having gender is behaving in a way traditionally associated with masculinity or femininity
b. Doing gender is behaving in a way traditionally associated with masculinity or femininity. Having gender is being biologically male or female.
c. Doing gender is behaving in a way traditionally associated with masculinity or femininity. Having gender is allowing for the possibility of a third sex.
d. Doing gender is being biologically male or female. Having gender is allowing for the possibility of a third sex.
Question 6According to Bowles and Gintis, early educational reformers believed that education was to help preserve and extend
a. the growth of socialism.
b. the expansion of the welfare system.
c. the age grading system.
d. the capitalist order.
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