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99 Cards in this Set
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Someone who is a "family change" advocate might say the following ____________________ .
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"The family is better than ever at adapting to new challenges."
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Single-person households now represent a quarter of American households. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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During the 1950s, nonmarital pregnancy rates were ____ in comparison with today.
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?
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Societal or structural conditions can both limit and expand people's options. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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When persons think in terms of seeking primarily personal--as opposed to communal or group--happiness and goals, this reflects which orientation?
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Individualistic
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Placing family well-being over individual interests and preferences is termed
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familism
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Who coined the term primary group?
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Charles Horton Cooley
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Those with a "family change" perspective view the family as ____.
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"an adaptable institution"
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Research shows that parents, siblings and other relatives influence a child's self-concept, having a profound influence on personal identity. TRUE OR FALSE
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TRUE
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Which of the following is attributed to the U.S. by "family change" scholars?
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Inadequate support for families, when compared to other advanced industrial countries
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What is meant by "conjugal succession?"
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?
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The text observes that we remain hopeful about family commitment because __________________ .
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families are central to society as an institution and to our everyday lives.
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Demographic and economic data and legal records are especially useful for analyses of the family institution. This is an argument for using ______________________ .
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historical research
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The interactionist perspective looks mainly at the interaction between the family and the family's external environment. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE
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The sequence of singlehood, marriage, parenthood, grandparenthood, and widowhood are a focus of which of the following perspectives?
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?
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A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars might point out that, typically, it is mothers and not fathers who are primarily responsible for their children's health and ask why?
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?
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Today's family ecologists stress the interdependence of all the world's families, not only with one another but also with our fragile ____ environment.
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physical-biological
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The conflict and feminist perspectives call attention to ____ within groups including families and within the larger society.
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unequal power
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Which of the following is NOT a reason given by the text for decreased American involvement in neighborhood and community?
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homogeneous neighborhoods
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Women's domestic work was largely invisible in social science until ____ began to treat household labor as work that has economic value.
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feminist theories
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To address past abuses, most researchers now must have their research plans reviewed by ___________________ .
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an institutional review board (IRB)
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Because conflict theory views conflict as normal and natural almost as a survival of the fittest point of view it is widely accepted by members of the upper socioeconomic strata. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE
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The ____ perspective has its roots in Charles Darwin's principle of the survival of the fittest.
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biosocial
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According to the text, one disadvantage of survey research is the _______________________ .
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tendency of respondents to say what they think they should say.
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The text points out that marriages of recent immigrants seem ____ than do those of couples of similar ethnic background whose families have been in the United States longer.
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?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the positive consequences of increased longevity identified in the text?
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a longer period during which parents and children interact as adults
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In comparison with their white counterparts, middle-class blacks _________________________________ .
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must cope with housing segregation.
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At present, ____ are the numerical majority in the United States.
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whites
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Only____ percent of black children are living with married parents, compared to 77 percent of white and 65 percent of Hispanic children.
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35
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Being at war does affect American families, since ____ of U.S. service members are married, and almost ____ have children.
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half; three quarters
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In Miller's typology of Native American families, ____ families retain Indian ways, with minimal influence from the urban settings they live in.
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traditional
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The generation called ____ (born 1946-1964) has had a powerful impact on American society, giving us the cultural and sexual revolutions of "the sixties" as they moved from adolescence to young adulthood in the Vietnam War era.
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baby boomers
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Which of the following groups reflects the largest racial/ethnic minority?
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Hispanics
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According to the text's discussion of social class differences among marriages,
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Immigrants and children of immigrants now compose about ____ of the U.S. population.
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?
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An American child born in 2001 is expected to live to the age of
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Which of the following groups is among the lowest in terms of birth rates?
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?
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Cross-culturally and historically, it appears that ____ societies have been characterized by some degree of male dominance.
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virtually all
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Chicano/Chicana (Mexican American) activism gave ____ a central place as a distinctive cultural value.
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la familia
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From the 1970s on, parents have reported treating their sons and daughters
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?
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Women comprise the majority of college students in all racial/ethnic groups. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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Biological theories of gender difference were initially offered by _______________ .
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ethologists.
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The text observes that, regarding gender attitudes and behaviors, this is an ambivalent time. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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A feminine expectation that has emerged over the past twenty years is that of the "____ woman": independent, ambitious, and self-confident.
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professional
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An emerging female expectation is the "satisfied single": a woman (either heterosexual or lesbian, usually employed, and perhaps a parent) who is quite happy
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not to be in a serious relationship with a male.
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The cultural script for the "strong black woman" emphasized certain qualities. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
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submissiveness
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The first National Conference on Men and Masculinity was held in 1995. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE
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The text points out that socialization is the final answer to the role that gender plays in our lives. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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In 2006, employed women earned ____ percent of what employed men did.
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81
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The text observes that children imitate models for behavior and are rewarded by parents and others for whatever is perceived as sex-appropriate behavior. This reflects which theory of socialization?
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?
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Scholars and advocates with a "____" perspective point see constant evolution as normal.
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?
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People have been postponing marriage in recent years. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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Maintaining a family requires both commitment and knowledge of what you're doing. TRUE OR FALSE
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TRUE
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The text reports that between 1990 and 2000, ____ percent of marriages were preceded by cohabitation.
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over 50
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In 1957, the total fertility rate was about 3.6 children per woman. For the last decade and a half, it has been ____ child/children per woman
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?
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Over the past several decades, ______________________ .
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the divorce rate has declined somewhat
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Structural constraints (economic and social forces) cannot influence personal choices. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE
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The U.S. Census Bureau defines a family as ______________ .
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two or more persons sharing a household and who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
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In a family, one of the things that must be negotiated is personal privacy. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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Societal or structural conditions can both limit and expand people's options. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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Cohabitation has emerged as a lifestyle _______________________________ .
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that can be intermediate between marriage and singlehood or an alternative to marriage.
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The text points out that all research tools
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represent compromise
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The basic premise of the exchange perspective is that people use their resources to bargain and secure advantages in relationships. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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The central focus of the feminist perspective is ____ issues.
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gender
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As modern human settlement occurs, roads and houses are built, and utility lines are strung. This activity illustrates the ____ environment.
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?
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The ____ perspective has its roots in Charles Darwin's principle of the survival of the fittest.
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biosocial
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Exchange theory stresses the importance of ____ in family relationships.
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how family members use their resources to trade with other family members
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The question of how two previously separate individuals come together and over time create a shared view of themselves as a couple would be best answered using which perspective?
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interactionist
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In the contemporary version of evolutionary theory, it is the survival of one's genes, termed ____, that is important
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A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars would be inclined to explore the mother's body language and speculate on what the child is saying nonverbally to the mother?
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interactionists
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Theoretical perspectives or theories can increase our ____ families and family life.
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understanding of
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A longitudinal study of the impact of group membership on self-concept confirmed Cooley's notion that social feedback shapes the self-concept, a process he termed ____.
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"the looking glass self".
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The ____ perspective, which calls attention to cross-cultural variation in family structure, points out that all societies look to families to accomplish some roles/tasks, even though they may differ from one another regarding how it is arranged for these tasks to be accomplished.
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structure-functional
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In Miller's typology of Native American families, ____ families retain Indian ways, with minimal influence from the urban settings they live in.
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traditional
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Only a small percentage of individuals claim a multiracial identity. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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Which of the following groups is among the lowest in terms of birth rates?
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?
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The end of World War II was followed by ____ in the divorce rate.
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a spurt
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Immigrants are not always single individuals. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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Latino families may be ____, those in which some family members are American citizens or legal residents, while others are undocumented.
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binational
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Experts agree that the cause of the decline in marriage and two-parent families among blacks is economic. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE
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The text identifies strong family ties, high aspirations, hard work, and achievement as components of the "immigrant ____."
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ethos
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We tend to think about Latino families in terms of ____ values.
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familistic
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A concept called ____ applies ideas, insights, and concepts developed in the study of families that vary from the majority group to enrich family studies more generally.
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Some immigrant parents have been separated from their children, leaving them behind in the care of relatives for long periods, thus engaging in
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"transnational motherhood."
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For census purposes, there are two ethnic categories, which are _________________________ .
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Hispanic and non-Hispanic
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Asian American families are more cohesive and less individualistic than white families. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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Today, women compose ____ percent of Congress.
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Sociologist Barrie Thorne observes that, especially in elementary schools, many cross-sexual interaction rituals are based on and reaffirm boundaries and differences between girls and boys. Thorne calls these rituals ____________________________ .
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?
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According to the text, it seems likely that what sociologist Barrie Thorne calls borderwork still persists in schools.
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TRUE
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There are a variety of ways of being a woman, according to cultural messages. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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Black men and women generally reject egalitarian relationships. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE
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From the 1970s on, parents have reported treating their sons and daughters _______________________ .
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"Chromosomes, hormones, the internal sex structures, the gonads and the external genitalia all vary more than most people realize." This statement complements a discussion of which of the following?
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intersexuality
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On the societal level, ____ is the assignment to men of greater control and influence over society's institutions.
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male dominance
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Studying 'play' as part of the socialization process of children is a particularly important concept in which theoretical perspective
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interactionist
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One cultural message that is sent about being a ____ involves men being expected to distance themselves from anything considered feminine.
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"real man"
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One alternate stereotypical white working-class male response to economic advantage and social change involves all but which of the following?
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a renewed sense of family responsibility
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The text points out that socialization is the final answer to the role that gender plays in our lives. TRUE or FALSE
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TRUE
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The text lists three proposals to help boys to adjust better to our educational system. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
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having less recesses
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