Often times, when people visit doctors' offices, there are pictures on the wall meant to have a "calming" effect on the patients. Patients view the pictures and feel more comfortable about the visit because they may imagine they are visiting one of the places in the pictures. This is an example of:
a. the butterfly effect
b. the social construction of reality
c. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
d. the sociological imagination
b. the social construction of reality
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The majority (about 60%) of cohabitation relationships
a. involve a couple who do not intend to ever marry. b. result in marriage. c. is among older Americans over the age of 65. d. are kept secret from families.
In analyzing social inequality functionalists ask
a. who benefits from social stratification and at whose expense? b. how do people of different social statuses interact? c. why does social inequality exist? d. why do the disadvantaged lack the work ethic needed to advance?
Sociologist William Flanagan (1990) suggested three principles of public sociology to apply to go beyond replacing old buildings with new ones to building community. What are they?
What will be an ideal response?
In Talcott Parson’s overall action system, the _____ is mostly associated with the goal-attainment imperative.
a. behavioral organism b. cultural system c. personality system d. social system