According to Durkheim, the sociological study of religion must be guided by the
a. assumption that no religion is false.
b. conviction that there must be one true religion.
c. assumption that the supernatural can ultimately be observed.
d. belief that some religions are better than others.
a
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For Wirth, the segmental character and utilitarian accent of interpersonal relations in the city find their institutional expression in the proliferation of specialized tasks which we see in their most developed form in
a. family relationships. b. peer groups. c. informal groups. d. the professions.
Studies of school-based prevention programs in the 1970s showed that students who knew more about drugs and their effects were least likely to use those drugs.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Alfred Kinsey's research, which began in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, was surprising because it revealed
a. the extent to which assumptions about the sexual activities of men and women had come to resemble each other. b. a tremendous discrepancy between prevailing public expectations of sexual behavior and actual sexual conduct. c. the homogeneity of sexual experience in the United States. d. a strong correlation between income and sexual attitudes.
The practice of colleges admitting more ethnic minorities and women, under Talcott Parsons's model, is called
A. differentiation. B. adaptation. C. inclusion. D. generalization.