Regardless of which methodology they use, what are all sociologists trying to do?
A. explain why poverty and inequality still exist
B. compare the present with the past
C. explain why social change happens
D. illuminate the connection between the individual and society
Ans: D. illuminate the connection between the individual and society
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____________. a. got mad at Fishman because she wanted to transcribe the exact wording of the conversation he had had with his wife, not the "sense" of the conversation or words b. tried to strike up an affair with Fishman after she had called him to her office to help transcribe a tape she was having difficulties with c. "cowed" a woman who was trying to relate to Fishman the "sense" of the words she was using in one particular interaction with her husband d. threatened his wife with violence when she tried to erase part of a tape
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a. the difference between individualistic symbolic ethnic identity and a socially enforcedand imposed racial identity b. the similarity between individualistic symbolic ethnic identity and a socially enforced andimposed racial identity. c. that some ethnicities are more important than others. d. that all ethnicities are merely symbolic in today's worlds.
According to Sociologists, after the Civil Rights Movement that ended segregation, what is the current status of African Americans in the United States?
A. True equality has been established. B. Despite legal gains, true equality does not yet exist. C. No gains have been made at all. D. Legal gains were made initially, but then rolled back.