1. Sociologists evaluate assertions with __________
a. “common sense” ideas
b. hearsay
c. anecdotes
d. objective evidence
Answer: D
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A leader in the local chapter of #BlackLivesMatter has just spent her day calling her representatives in Congress and several local media outlets about the unjustified arrest of an unarmed black teenager in her community. Which stage of the social problems construction process best applies to this scenario?
A) public reaction B) media attention C) evaluation D) claims-making
The __________ is the family into which a person is born and in which early socialization usually takes place
a. family of orientation b. nuclear family c. family of procreation d. extended family
Agenda-setting theory is most similar to _____ in that they are both concerned with the ways in which powerful actors and interests affect public knowledge and beliefs about important ideas and events.
A. structural functionalism B. conflict theory C. the constructionist approach D. symbolic interactionism
Which of the following is not a condition under which revolutions are likely to occur?
A. Highly repressive state control B. Cultural diffusion C. Development of mobilized opposition groups D. A major economic crisis