Discuss the criteria used by sociologists for determining sexual orientation. How many are there? Does it matter? What are some of the strengths of this approach? What are some of the weaknesses?
What will be an ideal response?
• The American Psychological Association has stated that no findings have emerged that permit scientists to conclude that sexual orientation is determined by a specific factor because heredity and environment (nature and nurture) both play complex roles in determining sexual orientation.
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a. rocket science b. gardening c. games d. theater
The "youth culture" in contemporary American society is a result of:
a. emphasis on youth in the mass media b. rising expectations regarding educational attainment c. the failure of schools to educate adolescents adequately d. the process of secularization
Discuss one encounter presented in the reading in which one of the children demonstrated knowledge of racial or ethnic concepts in a way that contradicted the mainstream research perspective.
What will be an ideal response?
Which sociologist published a book in 1904 in which he noted that it was no mere coincidence that an overwhelming number of business leaders, owners of capital, and skilled workers were Protestants, not Catholics?
A. Karl Marx B. Max Weber C. Émile Durkheim D. Friedrich Engels