Actions that have positive consequences for the social system
What will be an ideal response?
functions
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Which of the following is the new social category created by the industrial society that consists of people who are biologically mature but still considered dependent and emotionally immature?
a. adulthood b. preadolescence c. young adulthood d. adolescence
According to the text, which of the following is the most insidious form of sex segregation in America's schools?
a. the treatment of boys and girls by teachers b. requiring certain courses for females and others only for males c. the advice that career counselors give to females about prospective occupations d. the ways in which textbooks portray men and women e. sex segregating the football teams and the cheerleading squads
The joy of work, the primacy of the home, faithfulness, thriftiness, tradition, and humility are examples of ___________ that are part of the Old Order of Amish culture
a. folkwaysb. American values c. core values d. norms
Technocracies are based on the belief in ______ that produce(s) certain unintended consequences when technologies are used to address nontechnical social problems.
A. sociotechnical systems B. crisis science C. science machines D. technological fixes