Having a happy and satisfying marriage is a value of American culture. Values are defined by the text as:
a. shared ideas of what is a desirable goal.
b. shared rules of conduct that specify how people ought to think and act.
c. the normal, customary, and habitual ways of doing things.
d. strong ideas of what is morally right or wrong, enforced by the police powers of the state.
a
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___________ A marriage consisting of multiple spouses
What will be an ideal response?
___________ The declining influence of religion in life combined with an increasing influence of science
What will be an ideal response?
Because of affirmative action and other social programs, most African Americans now earn the same as white Americans.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Sociologists interested in studying health care, wellness, illness, and disease as socially constructed problems would most likely use which of the following theories to understand the social origins of these things?
A. fundamental cause theory B. structural functionalism C. symbolic interactionism D. conflict theory