Frank runs a program in which used cell phones are gathered in the United States and deployed to developing nations. Which of the following is Frank engaging in?
A. Technological globalization
B. Technological diffusion
C. Technological consolidation
D. Technological dissemination
B. Technological diffusion
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Why did the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration promote residential segregation of neighborhoods?
a. to spread the burden of assisting the poor throughout the metropolitan area b. to encourage decentralization of urban areas c. to reduce the need for corporations or service industries to concentrate their facilities in one neighborhood d. to promote more neighborhood stability and higher property values
The common push factor shared by Germans and Irish who immigrated to the United States was
A) political warfare. B) crop failures. C) warfare in neighboring countries. D) opulence in the homeland.
Which of the following statements best characterizes the way sociologists think about the relationship between environment and individual choice?
a. Individuals have little to no power to make choices. Their actions are determined by their environment. b. Individuals are completely unconstrained from their environments. c. Individual choice is never entirely free but is always determined to some extent by a person's environment. d. There is no relationship between the social environment and individual decisions.
A researcher studies adolescent attitudes about senior citizens by analyzing depictions of the elderly in the lyrics of popular music and the content of teen magazines. This is an example of
A. content analysis. B. survey research. C. an experiment. D. replication.