According to Parenti in Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment, media dramas teach us
a. collective action is preferable to individual action.
b. as a system, free enterprise needs critical examination.
c. society's ills are caused by individuals.
d. the need to control the excesses of the police.
c
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In an investigation of how IQ affects students' grades in sociology class, the variables are
A) Independent: IQ; dependent: grades in sociology B) Independent: students' grades; dependent: sociology class C) Independent: students; dependent: grade D) Independent: sociology class; dependent: IQ
What additional questions would you address if you were researching this topic?
What will be an ideal response?
The family serves the purpose of socializing the young, regulating sexual behavior, and providing care and emotional support to its members. From a functionalist point of view, these are of the family
a. functions b. dysfunctions c. conflicts d. purposes
Examples of altruism, middle-class positive deviance related to the norm of group loyalty, are
a. Terrorist bombers, Kamikaze pilots, martyrs, patriots. b. CIA operatives, Junior League members, monks, overachievers. c. FBI agents, priests, Abe Lincoln, discrete friends. d. CIA operatives, FBI agents, monks, martyrs.