According to Merton, when persons hold high success aspirations and are not given the opportunity to realize them, they might
a) resort to illegitimate means of achieving their aspirations.
b) reset their goals to an even higher level.
c) feel irrepressible psychological pressures and become violent.
d) become more religious.
a) resort to illegitimate means of achieving their aspirations.
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Ethnomethodologists are interested in how individuals collectively create
A. power struggles. B. social structure. C. common values. D. competition.
The statement "Eight out of ten elderly residents fear victimization" is an example of
a. inferential statistics. b. univariate descriptive statistics. c. multivariate descriptive statistics. d. inductive statistics.
Which of the following is a characteristic of symbolic interactionism?
A. It is a macro-level paradigm. B. Many of the ideas originated with C. Wright Mills. C. Structural context is considered more important than microlevel processes. D. People understand themselves through their interaction with others.
Which of the following best explains what Anzaldua means by the concept of 'cultural tyranny'?
a. Cultural tyranny occurs when those who disagree with 'the rules of the game' protest their subjugation by the powerful. b. Cultural tyranny occurs when either the laws of a democratic government are broken or a democratic government is not the form of government. c. Cultural tyranny is when a socially constructed group within a culture has control of the prevailing norms and beliefs, expecting all within the culture to accept and abide by their rules, thus limiting the opportunities for those who are not in power and, thus, preserving the social hierarchy. d. Cultural tyranny occurs when the civil, economic, and political rights of those in power are challenged.