According to Ervin Goffman, what do we conceal from others? Select all, but only those that apply.

a. Secret pleasures
b. Errors and steps to correct those errors
c. The process to create end products, especially the “dirty work”
d. Sliding standards to that enable other standards to rise
e. Insults and humiliations


a. Secret pleasures
b. Errors and steps to correct those errors
c. The process to create end products, especially the “dirty work”
d. Sliding standards to that enable other standards to rise
e. Insults and humiliations

Sociology

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The strongest motivation for rape in prison appears to be

a) homosexual tendencies. b) relief of sexual deprivation. c) the need to avoid boredom and alienation. d) the drive for power.

Sociology

This theoretical approach argues that black family structures are the result of a long history of structural inequality faced by blacks since slavery.

A. legacy of slavery thesis B. anti-slavery thesis C. revisionist thesis D. surrogacy thesis

Sociology

_____ imposes a penalty on the offender and is based on the premise that the punishment should fit the crime: The greater the degree of social harm, the more the offender should be punished

a. Retribution b. Incapacitation c. Rehabilitation d. Deterrence

Sociology

Why might someone who suffers physical and/or mental abuse at the hands of a partner not take action to change the situation? The least likely answer to this question is

a. when the abuser is physically stronger. b. when the person being abused does not have the financial resources to leave. c. when the abused lack access to police or other sanctioned agents of violence control. d. when the person has the financial resources to leave.

Sociology