The sociologist who first made distinctions between manifest and latent functions of structures is ______.
A. Karl Marx
B. Talcott Parsons
C. Neil Smelser
D. Robert Merton
D. Robert Merton
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Identify which of the following is not one of the factors used to support the contention that there are social bases for gender roles
a. Every society has certain expectations for both women and men. b. Cross-culturally, there is a high degree of consistency in expectations for men and women. c. The social roles assigned to women and men do not vary randomly. d. None of the above
Which of the following is the best example of using the sociological imagination to understand the social problem of war?
A) Veterans often have psychological problems when returning home from war. B) Individuals who enlist in the military are heroes. C) War can undermine the social institutions of society, such as family and government. D) Combat is physically and mentally taxing.
______ was a military conflict that started out between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime and trading rights in Europe.
A. Seminole Wars B. War of 1812 C. Battle of New Orleans D. Trail of Tears
To ensure that all your participants have an equal opportunity to be in either experimental group (one receives a drug, the other group receives a placebo), you decide to toss a coin to determine who gets placed in which group. You have engaged in _______
a. selective participation b. random sampling c. random assignment d. random participation e. matching