The belief that those in power choose to "blame the victim" rather than accept any responsibility for poverty best illustrates ______.
A. functionalism
B. symbolic interactionism
C. conflict theory
D. integrative theory
Answer: C
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Based on the symbolic interactionist theory of sociologists Charles H. Cooley and George H. Mead, the __________ theory states that deviance is a socially constructed process in which social control agencies designate certain people as deviants, and they, in turn, come to accept the marker placed upon them and begin to act accordingly
a. strain b. labeling c. differential association d. social control
Define the term "rural community" and summarize rural community issues in the United States
What will be an ideal response?
Researcher Sharon Hays (1996) found that standards of intense mothering exist among __________
a. the upper classes b. the middle classes c. first-time parents d. all social classes
Which sociologist observed that people respond not only to the objective features of a situation or person but also to the social meaning that situation or person has for them?
A. William I. Thomas B. William Graham Sumner C. Karl Marx D. Robert Merton