According to the text, social institutions are an important concept within sociology for all of the following reasons, except:
a. they shape life within any particular society
b. they meet certain needs that are necessary for society to exist.
c. they exist outside of individual experience.
d. they are natural extensions of society.
d
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The authors of your textbook believe that the family endures because it is:
a. based on biological needs. b. a flexible institution. c. supported by religion. d. protected by welfare policies.
How do sociologists define sports?
a. leisure activities, including exercise b. any spectator events c. physically competitive activities within the boundaries of rules d. organized activities that involve opposing teams e. anything that someone just does for fun
William Julius Wilson’s term spatial mismatch is used to describe what phenomenon?
A. Urban job seekers find themselves geographically disconnected from suburban occupational opportunities. B. Urban areas remain highly segregated despite efforts to integrate. C. Suburban residents lack adequate transportation to reach urban job centers. D. Public housing units are torn down without constructing an equal number of new units, resulting in affordable housing shortages.
Dramaturgy is a theory of the development of the self in play and game stages.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)