Which of the following is an example of formal social control?
A. A police officer gives a driver a ticket for driving too fast.
B. A friend complains when you arrive late to an appointment.
C. A neighbor asks you to turn down the volume of your TV.
D. An adult frowns at a misbehaving child at the mall.
Answer: A
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Lillian Rubin, the author of this reading, was a well-known
a. psychologist. b. sociologist. c. physician. d. psychiatrist.
Which of the following statements is true concerning American women in the workforce?
A. More than half of all adult women are in the workforce. B. Women experience occupational segregation that often confines them to "women's jobs." C. Women are underrepresented in occupations traditionally defined as "men's jobs." D. All of the answers are correct.
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