Marcie wants to be a fire fighter when she grows up. When she hears the siren of a fire engine, she pretends she is riding on it to fight a fire. For her birthday, her parents give her a fire fighter costume. This is an example of:
a. role conflict.
b. intergenerational mobility.
c. informal socialization.
d. formal socialization.
e. occupational inheritance.
c
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a. reaffirmation b. causation c. remediation d. construction e. elimination
The state is comprised of all of the following major institutions EXCEPT
a. military b. judicial c. legislative d. religion
Role set refers to:
A number of roles found in any society B number of roles attached to a single status C number of roles that are more or less the same
SAGE Core Concepts in Sociology: What Is Sociological Research?Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 8, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Which of the following is true about the scientific approach?
A. Concepts like religion cannot be studied scientifically. B. World events are casually related. C. Science is rooted in subjectivity. D. Scientists are able to distort their research findings to promote a particular point of view.