___________________ view meritocracy as a positive development because society benefits from having the most important positions filled by the hardest working and most skilled individuals.

a. Symbolic interactionists
b. Conflict theorists
c. Feminists
d. Structural-functionalists


d. Structural-functionalists

Sociology

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Thanatology is the study of old age

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Which of the following is NOT considered an influence on the prenatal environment of the fetus?

(a) exposure to toxic chemicals (b) smoking by the father (c) drug use by the mother (d) the presence of "morning sickness"

Sociology

The common solution to urban crowding is suburbanization

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

______ occurs when the media selectively reports poorer people as being deviant in some way.

A. True consciousness B. Value coercion C. Alienation D. Communism

Sociology