As you are rushing from one class to the next, you absentmindedly forget to hold the door open for the person coming through behind you. The consequence is that the person has the door slammed in his/her face. Which of the following cultural components has been violated as a result of your behavior?
a. Taboo b. Folkway
c. Sanction d. Mores
b
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The hidden welfare system refers to government
aid that goes to the non-poor in the form of tax loopholes, lower taxes, and tax avoidance by individuals; and direct subsidies and low-cost credit to corporations. Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The ________ single has accustomed himself or herself to unattached life
A) open-couple B) free -floating C) accommodationist D) committed
Sociologist Arlie Hochschild studied 50 married couples with both spouses working, and found that
A. higher earning women have a better time of it in marriage because they can hire ‘help'. B. higher earning women have a better time of it in marriage because they can compel husbands to do more housework. C. men are doing a nearly equal amount of housework, in families where both spouses work. D. women worked the equivalent of a part-time job of housework and chores after their full time job.
_____ emphasizes that education unifies and stabilizes society
a. Functionalist theory b. Conflict theory c. Symbolic interactionism d. Feminist theory