The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 changed the welfare system in three ways, including all of the following EXCEPT:
a. It requires states to provide child care for children of recipients who participate in job support programs.
b. It requires states to assign all adult individuals in a welfare household to job-training and job-finding activities with some exemptions.
c. It continues Medicaid coverage when people leave welfare to go to work for one year after they leave welfare.
d. It allows families to own larger amounts of assets and still be eligible for assistance including money for education or buying a home.
a
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According to the author, when social scientists generalize they should
a. be judgmental if they wish to understand. b. not be judgmental and instead try to understand. c. not worry about whether or not they understand. d. make value judgments.
Social facts are ______.
A. ways of thinking, acting, and feeling that are external to and exert pressure on individuals B. raw statistical data C. statistical data that have been analyzed and published D. any and all true information about society and social behaviors
Michel Foucault suggests that because we have internalized social norms and are ready to self-police, we are subject to social control in the form of
A. structural domination. B. a rigid order. C. surveillance. D. coercive structure.
What is the basic premise of Merton’s strain theory?
A. Some people get caught for committing deviant acts while others do not. B. The likelihood that one will commit a deviant act increases when negative sanctions for deviance are harsh. C. The likelihood that one will commit a deviant act increases when there is a strain or contradiction between culturally defined goals and access to legitimate ways to attain them. D. People who commit deviant acts have not internalized culturally defined goals.