In England, The Enlightenment is often termed:
a. The Age of Reason
b. The Positivistic Stage of Evolution
c. The Rise of the Philosophes
d. The Era of Idealism
e. None of the above
a. The Age of Reason
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Which of the following is a consequence of longer life expectancies?
A. Shorter retirements for workers B. Fewer multigenerational households C. The need to finance more years of retirement D. Earlier retirements E. Fewer older people in the workforce
Which of these is not a reason that sociologists are critical of psychological theories of deviance?
a. psychological theories often over-emphasize social, economic, and cultural factors. b. psychological theories focus on deviance such as murder, rape, and drug addiction with relatively little to say about such deviance as white-collar crime. c. psychological theories tend to view deviance as the result of physical or psychiatric defects rather than as actions considered deviant by social and legal definitions. d. psychological theories of deviance cannot explain why deviant behavior is engaged in by individuals not classifiable as pathological personalities. e. psychological theories, with their emphasis on pathology—deviants are "psychopaths" or "antisocial personalities"—suggest eugenic solutions to the crime problem that are unacceptable to some segments of society.
Fashion differs from a fad in that fashion
a. is shorter lived. b. is less conventional. c. reflects established cultural values. d. All of these responses are correct.
What sociological paradigm argues for the existence of the sick role?
a. Structural functionalism b. The conflict perspective c. Symbolic interactionism d. Feminist theory