Competition pervades all aspects of American society, and our emphasis on winning can create problems. Which of the following would be considered a healthy form of competition?
A. professional athletes using steroids
B. corporations ignoring long-term damage to the environment in favor of short-term financial gains
C. high school band students competing for "first chair"
D. coaches paying athletes for nonexistent jobs
Answer: C
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes what sociological research has concluded in recent years about race, media bias, and crime?
A) Non-whites are overrepresented in media coverage of crimes. B) Media coverage of crime is most likely to focus on white perpetrators. C) There are no differences between racial groups in media coverage of crimes. D) Media coverage of crime is least likely to highlight African American perpetrators.
To call an addiction a moral problem is to locate its cause in the goodness or badness of human action and to suggest that a solution depends on changing evil ways. To call it a medical problem is to locate its cause in the biological workings of the mind or body and to suggest that a solution rests with a drug, a vaccine, or surgery. This contrast in viewpoint suggests that
a. labels are important because they tend to evoke a particular cause and a particular solution. b. addiction cannot be a medical problem. c. there is no right way to talk about addictions. d. it is difficult to explain addiction.
Given the following distribution 12, 4, 19, 20, 6, 18, 16, 10, the mean is
a. 18. b. 15. c. 27. d. 4. e. 20.
________ are the negative, malintegrative consequences and functions of social structures and activities
a. Dysfunctions b. Manifest consequences c. Latent consequences d. Inequalities