The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests that

A) reality is the result of social inequality.
B) language provides the lens through which social reality is defined.
C) there is no relationship between language and culture.
D) language reflects social differences and therefore material culture.

When individuals marry in the United States today,they typically marry for what reason?

A) false expectations
B) love
C) political alliances
D) convention or tradition
E) none of these choices

Putnam's research on youth from different social and economic backgrounds has shown that 

A) educational opportunities have increased for working-class youth.
B) working-class youth have a decreasing sense of community.
C) economic opportunities are opening up for working-class youth.
D) working-class youth are optimistic about the future.

In addition to more formal socially acceptable roles, family members may hold a variety of informal roles, often related to individual personalities and interactional patterns among family members.

Societies in which the oldest citizens rule, earn the highest incomes, and enjoy the most prestige are called gerontocracies.

Which act protects pregnant women from being fired,demoted,or penalized?

A) Family and Medical Leave Act
B) Pregnancy Discrimination Act
C) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
D) The Civil Rights Act

A key feature of "good jobs" is the high degree of autonomy that workers often experience.

Groups that are organized to pursue goals the members find worthwhile, such as Kiwanis clubs, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) , B'nai B'rith, and the National LGBTQ Task Force, are called _____organizations.

A) affiliative
B) normative
C) coercive
D) utilitarian

The change that caused people to migrate to cities from rural areas at high rates was the

A) switch to a manufacturing economy.
B) development of crop rotation and better animal husbandry techniques.
C) switch from a manufacturing economy to an information economy.
D) emancipation of slaves in the United States.

American Indians believe that one of the reasons for their high rates of alcoholism and suicide,especially among the young,has been

A) the gradual erosion of Indian culture.
B) an overidentification with native culture.
C) the move from urban to rural areas.
D) an overaccumulation of wealth in many groups.