A social institution consists of ______, which are defined by tasks and behaviors that fit with the occupied status.
A. functions
B. roles
C. structures
D. ideas
Answer: B
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A) generalized others B) secondary groups C) social others D) reference groups
What theory is based on the idea that the two economic systems – capitalism and socialism – will eventually adopt features of one another until there is a hybrid economic system in all societies?
A) convergence theory B) transformation theory C) Marxism D) welfare capitalism
__________ are people of whatever religious faith who are most fearful about secularization and who believe that sacred traditions must be revitalized in the face of modernity
a. Gnostics b. Ecclesiastics c. Fundamentalists d. Cosmopolitanists
According to Ervin Goffman, what do we conceal from others? Select all, but only those that apply.
a. Secret pleasures b. Errors and steps to correct those errors c. The process to create end products, especially the “dirty work” d. Sliding standards to that enable other standards to rise e. Insults and humiliations