What is likely the most important factor in the increase in divorce over the past hundred years?

A. more liberal laws
B. increased stigma of divorce
C. economic opportunities for men
D. increase in the social acceptance of divorce


D. increase in the social acceptance of divorce

Sociology

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The main purpose of the positivist approach to deviance is

a) developing empathy with deviant persons. b) seeking out the causes of deviant behavior. c) to make moral judgments about deviant behavior. d) to study biases toward persons seen as deviant.

Sociology

Discuss charter schools via the sociological perspectives.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between SEX and FEIMP?

. The variable FEIMP was included in the 1983 and 1996 surveys, and records respondents’ answers to the question “How important is the women's rights issue to you?”

Figure 3.2

a. In general, the women surveyed report that the women’s rights issues is one of the most important issues for them.
b. In general, the men surveyed report that the women’s rights issues is an issue that is not important to them at all.
c. Regardless of gender, most respondents reported that the women’s rights issue was important to them.
d. There is no relationship between respondents’ gender and how respondents feel about the importance of the women’s rights issue.

Sociology

Police and military uniforms demonstrate that certain occupations need their personnel to be distinguishable from the general population. This would be of most interest to ______.

A. structural functionalists B. symbolic interactionists C. conflict theorists D. elite-mass dichotomy theories

Sociology