Jan, Randy, and Terry are science majors, and when they graduate from college, they find jobs as a nurse, a midwife, and a hospital administrator, respectively. These new positions are examples of

A. statuses.
B. social roles.
C. groups.
D. social networks


A. statuses.

Sociology

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The authors of a study of Iranian university students aged seventeen to thirty-nine concluded that

a. in an Iranian society, the family remains a highly important determinant of the student's life satisfaction. b. when a child's needs for closeness, attachment, and intimacy are not fulfilled to the child's satisfaction in early childhood, the result can be adult dissatisfactions with peer relationships and decreased psychological well-being in adulthood. c. children of mentally ill parents suffered no negative consequences during childhood and developed satisfying peer relationships and normal psychological well-being in adulthood. d. peers had more influence on psychological well-being than parents.

Sociology

Durkheim observes that in areas where divorce is essentially not allowed, the rate of suicide is very high—as people can become overly frustrated when not allowed to leave bad marriages

a. true b. false

Sociology

According to __________ theory, individuals form and re-form their self-concepts based on reactions from others in their social networks

Fill in the blanks with correct word

Sociology

The median defines "central tendency" in terms of the

a. most common score b. score of the central case c. most likely or probable score d. largest score

Sociology