An employee at a welfare office is so concerned with paperwork that he doesn't have time to administer to the needs of the poor, hungry, and homeless individuals who seek assistance. According to Merton's theory, this welfare worker would be a(n)
A. ritualist.
B. rebel.
C. innovator.
D. retreatist.
A. ritualist.
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Durkheim claimed that, for each of us as individuals, society
a. maintains the highest level of personal privacy. b. helps free people from human culture. c. helps people "be all they can be." d. regulates individuals, reining in their desires and passions.
List three reasons why violence among intimates is a social problem?
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.
Compare and contrast the experiences of European American immigrant women and African American women during the early phases of industrialization. What sectors of the job market did they enter? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following perspectives suggests that behaviors viewed today as mental illnesses may not really be illnesses?
A. Global perspective B. Conflict perspective C. Feminist perspective D. Labeling perspective