The diffusion of personal responsibility that often occurs in the city in the presence of many other people is referred to as:
a. anomie
b. bystander apathy
c. impersonality
d. studied nonobservance
B
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In his observations of patients in a mental hospital, Erving Goffman found that
a. all the patients had observable mental problems. b. most patients found ways to preserve some sense of self-respect and self-control. c. most of the patients cooperated with the rules of the hospital. d. the actual condition of most patients coincided with their diagnosis as mentally ill.
The likelihood of upward social mobility was described in the text as a function of three separate factors; the individuals themselves, a frictional factor, and a(n) __________
Fill in the blanks with correct word
_____________ suggests that deviant behavior is the result of strain an individual may experience when the community or society in which they live does not provide the necessary means to achieve culturally valued goals.
a. Labeling theory b. Conflict theory c. Structural strain theory d. Structural functionalist theory
Ethnocentrism refers to a divisive belief in cultural superiority.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)