Define power. How does power differ from authority?
What will be an ideal response
Power is the ability of a person to carry out his/her will, even over the resistance of others. Authority refers to the social process through which power comes to be legitimated. The forms authority takes may be traditional, rational-legal, and charismatic.
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Sanderson and Alderson strongly agree with Marx's predictions concerning the emergence of a future socialist society
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The strongest motivation for rape in prison appears to be
a) homosexual tendencies. b) relief of sexual deprivation. c) the need to avoid boredom and alienation. d) the drive for power.
_____ occurs when a caregiver shakes a baby to the point of causing the child to experience brain or retinal hemorrhage, most often in response to a young baby who will not stop crying
a. Neglect b. Juvenile hemorrhage disorder c. Oppositional baby response d. Shaken baby syndrome
The basic theoretical orientation of Du Bois as established by the authors is
a. Nonrational, collective b. Nonrational, individual c. Rational, collective d. Rational, individual