According to Goffman 1963, obesity often serves as a __________ for his group, much like the village idiot or the small town drunk

a. Mascot
b. Deviant
c. Friend
d. Outcast


a

Sociology

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Social scientists have demonstrated that gender behavior cannot all be biologically determined because

A) Men and women are too different from each other B) There are remarkable similarities in men and women from different cultures C) There are remarkable differences between men and women from different cultures D) Men and women are too similar to each other

Sociology

Sociologist William Flanagan suggested __________ should be taken into account to build community

a. livability b. suburbanization c. alienation d. dyads

Sociology

In preliterate societies, parents and other members of the group provide information about how to gather food, find shelter, make weapons and tools, and get along with others. This is accomplished through direct __________ education

a. informal b. manifest c. formal d. latent

Sociology

Existing statistics are frequently used as a major part of:

a. social indicators research. b. classical experimental design. c. time-series design. d. case study design. e. non-equivalent control group design.

Sociology