Sociologist Helen Ebaugh Studied the Process of Role Exit by Interviewing

question 22

Multiple Choice

Sociologist Helen Ebaugh studied the process of role exit by interviewing ex-convicts,ex-nuns,retirees,divorced men and women,and others who had exited voluntarily from significant social roles.Ebaugh concluded that role exit occurs in four stages.______________is the second stage.

• A)A search for alternatives
• B)The creation of a new identity
• C)The turning point
• D)Doubt

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Definitions:

Dixiecrats

A political party officially known as the States' Rights Democratic Party, formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats in opposition to the federal civil rights initiatives.

Taft-Hartley Act

A 1947 federal law that restricted the activities and power of labor unions, including limiting strikes and requiring union leaders to swear they were not communists.

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance formed for mutual defense against aggression, primarily established in 1949.

Marshall Plan

An American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the U.S. gave over $12 billion for economic recovery post-World War II to counter the spread of communism.