Professor Smith judges her success as a sociologist by the standards established by the American Sociological Association (ASA). For her the ASA is:

a. an in-group
b. a pseudocommunity
c. a reference group
d. a territorial community


C

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What will be an ideal response?

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The place where people can "be themselves" and display behavior that might be considered inappropriate elsewhere is known as the:

a. front region. b. back region. c. informal region. d. private region.

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When new government regulations are passed an organization will mostly likely engage in __________ isomorphism to meet regulatory standards, and they may use __________ isomorphism to go about making specific changes

a. coercive; mimetic b. normative; coercive c. mimetic; normative d. mimetic; coercive

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It is estimated that ______percent of Mexico's population lives in the United States.

A. 1 B. 5 C. 9 D. 14

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