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Role-learning theory suggests that______________?
A. we internalize and take on social roles from a pre-existing framework
B. we create and negotiate our roles through interaction with others
C. social roles are not fixed or stable but fluid and pluralistic
D. roles have to be learned to suppress unconscious motivations
While predictions are not always reliable sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of_____________?
A. women
B. racial minorities
C. ethnic minorities
D. all of the above
What is defined as non-conformity to a given set of norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society ?
A. criminality
B. deviance
C. recidivism
D. degeneracy
Conflict theory’s primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________?
A. Substantial reduction of economic inequality
B. Subordination of the agents of social control
C. redefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal
D. amelioration of social welfare activities
E. repression of lower-class gang activities
The activity of measuring and explaining the size of populations is known as___________________?
A. Malthusianism
B. demography
C. forecasting
D. official statistics
Which sociological perspective emphasizes that ethnocentrism that ethnocentrism serves to maintain a sense of solidarity by promoting group pride ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. dramaturgical perspective
Which term was used by Talcott Parsons in asserting that society tends toward a state of stability or balance ?
A. charisma
B. magnetism
C. equilibrium
D. status quo
The term secondary deviation refers to________________?
A. the punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts
B. the labelling of an act as deviant through social reactions to it
C. the ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action
D. all of the above
Western countries have a larger percentage of aged that is_____________?
A. 19.4%
B. 12%
C. 20%
D. None of these
It is useful to have a diversity of theories in sociology because_________________?
A. human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate
B. sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected
C. it removes the need to assess a theory according the empirical evidence
D. innumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology
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