Who decides that certain behavior is or is not deviant in a society?
a. The majority
b. The government
c. Religious leaders
d. The voters
Answer: a. The majority
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A) Treat subordinates as you would like to be treated by superiors. B) What goes around comes around. C) Life is like a box of chocolates. D) The world is a stage and all people the players.
Fraud has never been detected in the safety testing of drugs
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Until recently matriarchal societies have not been widely noted or discussed in the social sciences. Why not?
a. Sociologists agree that matriarchal societies have never existed. b. Matriarchal societies existed prior to Christianity, but there are not contemporary matriarchal societies. c. The identification of matriarchal societies has been obscured by the application of Western ideas about power. d. There is no interest in matriarchal power within the social sciences.
A single mother who works in a factory sewing large sheets of canvas would be considered
A. lower-middle class. B. working class. C. upper class. D. middle class.