Define social institution, name the five major institutions of earlier societies, and list several social institutions found in contemporary society
What will be an ideal response?
A social institution is a set of organized beliefs and rules that establishes how a society
will attempt to meet its basic social needs. In the past, these needs have centered
around five basic social institutions: the family, religion, education, the economy, and
the government (or politics). Today, mass media, sports, science and medicine, and the
military are also considered to be social institutions.
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Capital flight takes the following form(s):
a. investment in plants located outside the United States b. plant relocation within the United States c. mergers d. all of the above
List and define the three types of power
What will be an ideal response?
The aggregate is a social formation created and maintained through enduring and patterned interaction
a. true b. false
April and Harry have been married for two years. Harry loves to spend time with his friends, while April wants to spend more time with her husband. She hopes that Harry will understand this without directly telling him. This disturbs their relationship, and they visit a family therapist. The therapist suggests that April should be more direct and vocal about her needs. Which of the following central techniques of limiting destructive games is used by the therapist in this scenario?
A. making implicit rules explicit B. naming the game C. discussing the disguised objectives D. identifying game strategies and counterstrategies