The myth of the monolithic family sometimes includes the belief that families have not changed historically. Viviana Zelizer (cited by Aulette) provides an example of the value of children in the late 1800's and today.
In cases of wrongful death of young children, she found that courts awarded
a. more money in earlier times because of the greater emotional value of children then.
b. more money in the present day because of the greater value of the labor of children today.
c. more money in the present day because of the greater emotional value of children today.
d. little money in either case because children have never been highly valued in the U.S.
Question 2
Data from 2005 indicated that men have a median of ________ sex partners in their lifetime while women have a median number of about ________.
a. three or four ... two.
b. six to eight ... four.
c. ten to twelve ... six.
d. twenty to twenty-two ... ten
The evolution of the globin gene family in humans
New England children like David, Joanna, and Abigail Mason (painted by an unknown artist around 1670
Sokol (Zhire) Zmajli, aged 80, changed her name from Zhire to the male name Sokol when she was ...
Parents who grew up in dual-earner families are more apt to share household tasks equally than those ...
The risk of dying before the age of 65 gets lower as family income gets higher.
The family described in Example Case 3