A social problem is defined as a condition that __________.
A. harms everyone in a society
B. harms only the poorest people in a society
C. harms only the most powerful people in a society
D. harms some or all members of a society and is usually controversial
Answer: D
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a. add 100,000 more police to the streets. b. add only 30% of the space needed to house additional prisoners. c. jeopardize truth in sentencing laws. d. all of the above
Roksa and Levey's measure of occupational specificity is the percentage of graduates in a particular field who obtain a job related to their field of study. The researchers failed to specify what percentage distinguishes a specific college major as high, moderate or low in occupational specificity. This failure is related to
a. sampling. c. reliability. b. validity. d. correlations.
The “drivers” of social change discussed in this book include:
a. science and technology, social movements, war, large corporations, and the state b. nongovernmental organizations and international organizations such as the UN c. revolutions and natural disasters d. population dynamics, exceptional individuals, cultural imagination, and environmental collapse
Because he was a man entering the traditionally female field of elementary school teaching, Edward was promoted to school principal over his female counterparts who had more experience. This situation illustrates a. the glass ceiling effect
b. the glass escalator effect. c. occupational sex segregation. d. human capital hypothesis.