The concept "gossip" refers to

a. statements that are untrue.
b. beliefs that are widespread.
c. rumors about people's personal affairs.
d. widespread attitudes about controversial issues.


c

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Which of the following has often been a precipitating event to a riot?

a. An incident between police and citizens b. Hot weather c. Unemployment d. An incident between students and teachers

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Nonprobability samples are useful for:

a. generalizing findings to a population. b. pretesting a larger project. c. finding causal relationships. d. nonprobability samples are never useful

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An unintended consequence of a social action that was unplanned is most closely connected to which of the following theoretical perspectives?

A. symbolic interactionism B. conflict perspective C. functionalism D. erotic habitus

Sociology

Individuals who learn to slant their presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences are participating in impression management.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology