U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that times of social crisis encourage widepsread sociological thinking
a. true
b. false
a. true
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The fear of lawsuits may prompt doctors to order additional tests and procedures just to protect themselves-a strategy called__________.
A. defensive medicine B. counter litigation C. malpractice D. preventative medicine
Social scientists gather data from samples instead of populations because
a. samples are much larger and more complete b. samples are more trustworthy c. populations are often too large to test d. samples are more meaningful and interesting
The mass media
a. have become very concentrated under the control of just several corporations. b. select which issues will be made important for consideration by the public. c. may downplay an issue so that it diminishes in importance. d. may shape what we think and what we think about. e. all of the above
Which of the following is a characteristic of mass education?
A. the belief that education is a privilege B. the exclusion of formal schooling from segments of the population C. the elimination of private schools D. the principal means of training workers and citizens