According to William F. Ogburn, cars, telephones, and televisions are ______.

A. discoveries
B. inventions
C. innovations
D. diffusions


Answer: B

Sociology

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A rash of older couples had their homes broken into and were robbed at gunpoint by a group of teenagers. The couples now feel that young people are a threat to them. Which of the following theories will help us best understand their new found beliefs?

A. genontocracy. B. exchange mobility. C. structural mobility. D. social constructionism.

Sociology

An index is constructed by assigning scores to patterns of attributes

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Which of the following is not a consequence of bureaucracy?

a. an increased proportion of administrative workers b. bureaucratic rigidity c. reduced creativity d. development of limited expertise by the workers e. enhanced range of judgment by workers

Sociology

During which of Mead's stages of the self does a child begin to "become" a doctor, a parent, a superhero, or a ship captain?

A. the play stage B. the sensorimotor stage C. the preparatory stage D. the game stage

Sociology