A+ Answers of the following Questions

1. The difficulties that John and Mary experience in their marriage represent a personal trouble. According to C. Wright Mills, the fact that 250 out of every 1,000 marriages end in divorce within the first four years, however, is
A. a latent dysfunction of marriage.

B. a public issue.
C. meaningless.
D. a sign of moral collapse.

2. According to Kingsley Davis, a manifest function of prostitution is that it

A. increases sexual crimes of violence.
B. provides a sexual outlet for men who can't compete in the marriage market.
C. keeps many women properly employed and off the streets.
D. protects the bargaining position of married women.

3. The self-concept is best defined as
A. the spontaneous reaction we have to others in our daily lives.
B. a person's thoughts regarding his or her personality and social roles.

C. the selfish egocentric part of the self.
D. the way other people perceive us.

1. The self-concept is best defined as
A. the spontaneous reaction we have to others in our daily lives.
B. a person's thoughts regarding his or her personality and social roles.

C. the selfish egocentric part of the self.
D. the way other people perceive us.

2. Which of the following is the correct definition of sanctions?

A. The forms of interaction through which people relate to one another
B. The expectation that people will return favors when they're obligated to do so

C. Rewards for conformity and punishments for nonconformity
D. Lifestyles that are opposed to the wider culture

3. In Freudian theory, the _______ is the natural, unsocialized biological component of the psyche that includes hunger and sexual urges.
A. ego
B. superego

C. me
D. id

1. Regarding consumerism, which statement is most accurate?
A. Advertising is so pervasive these days that it has only a marginal impact on consumer purchasing decisions.

B. As consumer debt has increased, family purchases have declined proportionally.
C. As women increasingly joined the workforce, families tended to buy more consumer goods.
D. Consumerism is a form of economic cultural diffusion.

2. The transmission of culture from one person (or generation) to the next is dependent on

A. natural human instincts.
B. the human capacity for language.
C. the human capacity for creating and using technology.
D. a large brain.

3. The variable in a hypothesis that precedes or causes a change in the other variable in the hypothesis is called the _______ variable.

A. dependent
B. sample
C. control
D. independent

1. Which of these statements best reflects Mead's concept of the generalized other?

A. Most of us learn our social roles from watching what other people do.
B. Anyone Jane doesn't recognize as a significant other, she considers a generalized other.
C. Ike has an overall understanding of the norms and values of his culture.
D. Jake imagines what it's like to be firefighter and decides he would like to be a firefighter.

2. The variable in a hypothesis that precedes or causes a change in the other variable in the hypothesis is called the _______ variable.

A. dependent
B. sample
C. control
D. independent

3. Lucinda has recently moved to the United States from Colombia. Her children no longer speak Spanish and are learning to live like American children. Lucinda's children are experiencing
A. ethnocentrism.
B. cultural relativism.

C. assimilation.
D. multiculturalism.

1. Connor Company sells merchandise for $2,000 on account to Market Industries on January 21, at 1/10, n/30, Invoice 190. Market returns $200 of the merchandise on January 23, receiving credit memorandum 120 from Connor. What amount would Market pay if they submit payment on January 29?

$1,980.

$1,782.

$1,800.

$1,780.

2. A financial instrument whose ownership can be transferred to another person or business is best described as:

Bonding.

Negotiable.

A restrictive endorsement.

A statement of account.

3. Employees' payments for federal income taxes withheld and social security and Medicare taxes are periodically

sent directly to the Internal Revenue Service.

deposited in a special-purpose bank account, controlled by the company, until year-end when the funds are sent to the U.S. Treasury Department.

sent to the local office of the Internal Revenue Service.

deposited in a government-authorized financial institution.

4. A publishing company publishes a monthly magazine. At the end of the year, the Unearned Subscription Income account had a balance of $150,000. During the year, $100,000 of magazines were delivered and income was earned. After the adjusting entry to recognize income is recorded, the Unearned Subscription Income account will have a

debit balance of $50,000.

credit balance of $50,000.

debit balance of $100,000.

credit balance of $250,000.