According to Émile Durkheim, what can happen when social change occurs at a very rapid pace? Pay special attention the potential effects of rapid change on a society’s norms and values.
What will be an ideal response?
According to Durkheim, when social change happens too fast, people become disoriented and experience anomie as they search for new guidelines to govern their lives.
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Youths who emerge from street-oriented families yet develop a decency orientation is often the result of
a. being placed in foster care. b. their involvement with a caring "old head." c. having a big brother or sister. d. Youths from street-oriented families rarely develop a decency orientation.
Researchers include all of the following as themes that characterize adult friendships except
a. support. b. reciprocity. c. choice. d. physical intimacy.
Objections to the use of majority group and minority group include all of the following except
a. People in these groups share the experiences of victimization, discrimination, exploitation, and political and economic disadvantage. b. Because such status is not defined on the basis of numbers, minority is not a correct term c. The term minority is a negative label, and defines the groups so labeled from the standpoint of the dominant group d. Groups with little in common, such as African Americans and white women, are lumped together under one rather meaningless label.
Since the 1970s, __________.
A) there have been no moves by women in society toward gender equality B) there have been no moves by men in society toward gender equality C) women have been slower to take on traditionally male activities than men have with women’s activities D) men have been slower to take on traditionally female activities than women have with men’s activities