Which of these is the best example of a primary group?
a. the people working together in the same department
b. a sociology class
c. a jury
d. the people at a bus station
a
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Aulette asserts that the two kinds of welfare programs in the United States were designed respectively for people considered __________ and __________
a. disabled ... able-bodied b. unable to work ... unwilling to work c. deserving ... less deserving d. citizens ... immigrants
Which of the following are limitations of the psychological autopsy?1. Retrospective nature2. The individual of interest is not available for examination3. Overabundance of standardized procedures4. Third-party informants may distort representations of the decedent for a variety of reasons
A. 1, 2, and 4 B. 1, 2, and 3 C. 2, 3, and 4 D. 1, 3, and 4
Which sociologist has criticized the pluralist model for failing to account for the exclusion of African Americans from the political process?
A. C. Wright Mills B. G. William Domhoff C. Dianne Pinderhughes D. Émile Durkheim
Our social system is rarely seen as causing social problems because __________
A) it is the poor who define what are considered social problems B) we tend to focus on the elite who commit “deviant” acts C) institutions cannot be changed D) we have a hard time questioning our taken-for-granted assumptions