Sociologist Kingsley Davis was interested in the case of Anna, a child who was kept in an attic-like room in her grandfather's house, because he:
a. was studying parental attitudes of young, unmarried mothers
b. wanted to know more about what happens when a child is raised in isolation.
c. was attempting to determine how children develop a generalized other.
d. was examining the relationship between sexual motives and human behavior.
b
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A) people are more likely to be in ill health B) it takes a larger percentage from people with lower incomes C) long-term care expenses are universally paid by Obamacare D) the government pays it for the citizens
Ain is a 14-year-old woman in Egypt and recently went through a tradition performed by women to ensure virginity. What is a likely result of this procedure?
A. Feasting and dancing B. Pain and poor health C. Sexual pleasure D. Matriarch status in her community
At a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, violent demonstrators carried Nazi flags and a counter-protestor was murdered. How would convergence theory explain the demonstrators’ behavior?
a. The demonstrators are violent and agree with Nazi values. b. The demonstrators did not mean for the rally to become violent. c. The demonstrators are illogical. d. The demonstrators got wrapped up in the emotion of the event.
Elisa lives in a small, seminomadic society in which she tends a garden and tends to the small children in her family. Elisa most likely lives in a(n) ______.
A. hunting-and-gathering society B. industrial society C. organic society D. horticultural society