Thomas Scheff (1963), formulated the concept of ________, which states that most social conventions are recognized as such, and violation of those conventions carries fairly clear labels
a. problems in living
b. the medical model
c. the biological model
d. residual deviance
e. None of the above
d
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Which of the following is one of the principles of democracy?
A. The government can denounce the right of individuals to organize political parties whose members compete for public office. B. The state controls people's public and private lives. C. Secret police and the military can intimidate people into conformity and punish dissenters. D. The government has total control over religious and educational institutions. E. The government recognizes individual rights, such as freedom of speech.
During WWII, the United States forcibly removed anyone of Japanese heritage from their homes and communities and kept them in internment camps for up to four years. Sociologists would consider this which of the following?
a. Expulsion B. Genocide C. Assimilation D. Pluralism
Which of the following is an argument used against the legalization of gay marriages?
A) ?Children raised by gay parents are worse off than those raised by heterosexual parents. B) ?Children raised by gay parents do not develop a healthy sexual identity. C) ?Gay marriages are not stable and do not last. D) ?An economy fails to gain from gay marriages because they have a negative impact on businesses. E) ?People can love each other without getting married.
Many schools and employers have instituted a policy of ______, which attempts to offset institutional racism by taking race and other minority group factors into consideration when making decisions.
A. intersectionality B. hypodescent rule C. hegemony D. affirmative action