Sociology's most important contribution to our understanding of environmental issues is
a. showing that we need to modify the natural environment so it can always support many kinds of societies.
b. declaring that the world will inevitably perish due to environmental problems.
c. demonstrating that social issues affect the natural environment.
d. knowing that human technology makes us the superior species in our world.
(Answer: c)
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A. rehabilitation B. prevention C. reconciliation D. crime control E. crime analysis
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c. churning. d. hooking up.
Scales and indexes are which level of measurement?
a. nominal b. ordinal c. interval d. ratio e. They can be at all levels of measurement.
A sociologist studies how a teacher's attitudes toward particular students affect students' performance. Students of similar abilities who are "teacher's pets" perform at a high level, and students who are viewed as "troublemakers" perform poorly. This illustrates which explanation of deviance?
A. anomie theory B. differential association C. labeling theory D. cultural transmission