A. internal economic development and specialization
B. development of a middle class
C. geographic concentration
D. a social caste system
Miscellaneous Economics Mcqs
The difference in attitudes of whites and African Americans is related to……………?
A. age
B. social status
C. social class
D. none of these
Latino neighborhoods have prospered because…………….?
A. Latinos have a strong sense of community
B. they are well organized politically
C. they try to use English instead of their native Spanish
D. they have a common culture
A study of male identical twins one of whom had been castrated by accident during circumcision and treated as a little girl until puberty showed that……………?
A. the castrated male still acted like a tomboy
B. the intact twin gradually became more “feminine”
C. the castrated twin was tidier than his brother but never played with dolls
D. all of the above
The basic assertion of ageism is that…………….?
A. the young are superior to the old
B. the old are superior to the young
C. there is a smooth transfer of roles between the old and the young
D. work is best left to those who can do it
Males…………..?
A. have a lower birthrate than females
B. live longer than females
C. are more prone to aggressiveness than females
D. are less likely to die violently
Meads work in New Guinea indicated that………………?
A. biology totally controls social role behavior
B. all tribes in her study stressed male aggression and hostility
C. sex role behavior is conditioned differently in different cultures
D. men are men and women are women everywhere
The subordinate position of women in decision making may result from………….?
A. the instrumental role assumed by males
B. women being less intelligent than men
C. the choice of women as leaders
D. women’s modesty
According to the cognitive development theory children learn gender roles according to…………?
A. instinct
B. attempt to elicit parental approval
C. which stage of cognitive development they have reached
D. biology
Gender assignment is based on…………..?
A. biological sex only
B. sexuality only
C. social expectations only
D. a combination of biology and socialization