__________ are formal groups of people acting together in pursuit of a common goal
a. Institutions
b. Organizations
c. Families
d. Regimes
b
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When a social group does not think of children as being related to their mother's relatives, that group follows a(n) _____ system
a. matrilineal b. patrilineal c. incest taboo d. egalitarian
Which of the following would be necessary for an act to be considered criminal?
A. a complaint from someone about the act B. Someone gets hurt from the act. C. The act must be intended. D. People think the act is wrong.
Which of the following statements about political apathy in the U.S. is correct?
A. Only a small minority of all citizens are familiar with the political process in the U.S., and very few tend to identify with a political party. B. The demographic with the most voter apathy is the young; however, the young do vote more often as they grow older. C. Young people are not alienated from the political system, contrary to popular belief. D. Half the people in the U.S. have contacted a national, state, or local official about a political issue or problem.
Which of the following describes ethnomethodologists’ critique that sociologists are separated from the social?
a. Sociologists deconstruct everyday life rather than construct it. b. Sociologists are over-reliant on statistical methods and concepts that impose definition on social reality rather than guiding the understanding of social reality. c. Sociologists utilize daily life as a resource (mainly in the form of data) yet seldom consider daily life worthy of study in and of itself. d. Sociologists wrongly assume social order is a reality in itself when it is actually an accomplishment of social actors.