Recurrent social patterns, ordered behavior, shared expectations and understandings among people characterize which of the following?
A. groups
B. peers
C. institutions
D. families
Answer: A
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A century ago, workers needed to develop the manual, industrial skills required for making things; today, workers in the postindustrial economy must develop the
a. intellectual skills required to manipulate symbols. b. scientific skills required to work with the natural environment. c. technical skills required to operate heavy machinery. d. personal skills required to carry out lonely jobs in forests or at sea.
One's willingness to let the situation determine what he or she will do is known as ____________ in Whitbourne's identity theory.
A. accommodation B. assimilation C. perspective hypothesis D. scenario testing
"Social problems occur when groups with different values meet and compete." This statement describes __________ theory
a. value-conflict b. social disorganization c. social pathology d. labeling
Why is it important to close the educational attainment gap between groups?
a. because there is a nonlinear relationship between educational attainment and happiness b. because people with a high school diploma earn more than people with an associate's two-year degree, but less than those people with a bachelor's degree c. because there is a pay inequity between men and women d. because there is a linear relationship between educational attainment and income