"Homogamy" Is a Term Sociologists Use to Explain the Tendency

question 24

Multiple Choice

"Homogamy" is a term sociologists use to explain the tendency to choose romantic partners based on similarities in background and group membership. Why is this common?

• A) We tend to have more access to people like ourselves.
• B) People are rebelling against the common knowledge that "opposites attract."
• C) We are hardwired to actively look for partners similar to ourselves.
• D) It is too difficult to raise children with people who have different backgrounds from us.

Understand the basic emotions and their expressions in infants and adults.

Recognize the development of self-awareness and self-evaluation emotions in individuals.

Distinguish between different responses to emotional stimuli.

Describe personality development and its relation to emotions and social relationships.

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Definitions:

Debit Accounts

Accounts that are increased by debits and decreased by credits, commonly including assets and expenses.

Credit Accounts

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Accounting Equation

The fundamental equation of double-entry bookkeeping, stating that Assets = Liabilities + Equity.

Debit And Credit

A fundamental concept in accounting that describes the two sides of every financial transaction; debits increase assets or decrease liabilities, while credits decrease assets or increase liabilities.