Juan believes in the American dream and thinks that the only right way to achieve success is through legitimate means, such as going to college. According to Robert Merton, Juan is most likely which of these?
A. conformist
B. innovator
C. ritualist
D. retreatist
Answer: A
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A. 30%. B. 40%. C. 50%. D. 60%.
Women who hooked up reported all of the following EXCEPT:
a. their partners preferred giving them oral sex rather than expecting it from them b. women were more likely to feel guilty for hooking up c. women were more likely to become depressed after hooking up d. women were more likely to define the experience of hooking up negatively
When societies develop a shared conception of the criteria for insanity, Scheff calls this __________________
a. social institution of insanity b. social norms of insanity c. shared understanding of insanity d. shared norms of insanity
Molly receives SNAP, which is __________
a. cash welfare for poor mothers and children b. the nation's most important anti-hunger program c. medical insurance for those who are without it d. the federal agency that helps low-income older persons who live alone