According to the text, social organization:
a. is most common in industrial societies
b. brings predictability to human behavior.
c. only applies to very large organizations.
d. is only apparent to researchers.
b
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Durkheim contended that the potential negative effects of labeling are an important aspect of everyday social control. Durkheim referred to this process as
a. Social Control b. Class Status c. Boundary Maintenance d. Stigma
Based on what is known about the media's portrayal of family life, the best advice if looking for accuracy is to: a. watch soap operas
b. watch daytime talk shows. c. watch reality television. d. turn off the television.
Iona completed her study of volunteer workers at the zoo. She has completed the coding process and now wants to examine the results to get a feel for the data and to see if any cases have values that she did not code for. It would be best for Iona to use
a. central tendency. b. frequency distribution. c. dispersion. d. multivariate analysis. e. serves as a guide for locating variables, and also keeps track of determining how many cases are coded
SAGE News Clips: Children's TV DietWe hear from Dr. Dimitri Christakis of the University of Washington, who studies the relationship between children's television consumption and their behavior, concluding that children on TV diets that favor pro-social programming like Mister Rogers behave less aggressively than their peers. Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 193, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Why does Michael Rich, director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital Boston, praise Christakis for his research?
A. Rich praises Christakis for tackling a notoriously difficult research question. B. Rich praises Christakis for linking media violence to violent behavior. C. Rich praises Christakis for the size of his study. D. Rich praises Christakis for studying the impact of positive programming.