Jamar enters a clothing store and a security guard immediately notices him and follows his actions on a security monitor. Jamar is aware of the security guard's actions and adjusts his own behavior to avoid a potential confrontation. This is a contemporary example of which sociological concept developed at the turn of the twentieth century?
a.) the generalized other
b.) double consciousness
c.) anomie
d.) posivitism
Answer: b.) double consciousness
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a. Surveys often seek to reconstruct influences after they have occurred. b. Surveys tend to be more representative than experiments. c. Surveys establish cause and effect better than experiments. d. Surveys usually measure but do not manipulate variables.
Joshua takes 15 minutes to reach his school. He has to be at the school at 7:00 a.m. every day. Therefore, he decides that he has to leave home at 6:45 a.m. every day to reach on time. Which of the following types of reasoning does Joshua use to arrive at this decision?
A) ?Decisive reasoning B) ?Deductive reasoning C) ?Comparative reasoning D) ?Inductive reasoning E) ?Qualitative reasoning
Telling jokes is an example of ________
a. a cultural universal. b. material culture. c. cultural relativism. d. cultural lag.
Examples of subcultures are gamers and cartoonists.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)