The prevailing explanation of alcoholism is now that of an illness. In the past, what was the main perspective on the causes of alcoholism?

A. moral failure
B. psychological dispositions
C. genetic disposition
D. lack of self-control


Answer: A

Sociology

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Research by Graham et al. found that in the aftermath of the women's liberation movement, women's sexual arousal is enhanced when:

a. men focus primarily on their physical attributes. b. they are treated primarily as sexual beings. c. they feel accepted and valued as individuals. d. they are the most assertive sexual partner.

Sociology

What was one of the mandates of petty apartheid?

a. Subserviant but equal treatment of black Africans and Asians b. Prohibition of sexual intercourse between whites and blacks c. Desegregation of institutions in need of a cheap labor force d. Forced contraception for black Africans and Asians

Sociology

Your authors do not provide which of the following when constructing a framework for the introductory chapter as a means for students to comprehend classical sociological theory?

a. how b. why c. when d. who

Sociology

Explain the following passage taken from Adorno’s Culture Industry Reconsidered: “The power of the culture industry’s ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness. The order that springs from it is never confronted with what it claims to be or with the real interests of human beings.”

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology