The law promotes social change by:
a. establishing benchmarks for long-term guidance.
b. deterring individuals from committing crimes.
c. making overt changes to social structures.
d. serving as an unbiased moral authority.
A
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A) It does not consider "incompatibility"as a valid reason for divorce. B) It is not applicable for individuals who have served in the military. C) It is only granted for divorces resulting from adultery, desertion, or physical and mental cruelty. D) It allows for divorce to be granted on the basis of "irreconcilable differences."
According to Arlie Hochschild’s research on the second shift, how might a couple avoid creating a “family myth of equality” in their own household?
A) ensure both members in the couple make equal salaries B) adopt a division of labor similar to that of a couple in Hochschild’s book – Nancy and Evan Holt C) ensure both partners are actually performing equal shares of all the housework that needs to be done D) in order to reduce conflict, assign housework to be the responsibility of one person
Discuss the relationship between gender and diagnosis of illness. Describe three factors that help explain differences in diagnosis rates between men and women.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following describes ethnomethodologists’ critique that sociologists confusing of topic and resource?
a. Sociologists impose their own ideas on social reality rather than let the study of everyday life guide the construction of their ideas about reality. b. Sociologists need to utilize more statistical methods rather than rely on qualitative research. c. Sociologists utilize daily life as a topic yet seldom consider daily life an appropriate resource. d. Sociologists wrongly assume social order is a reality in itself when it is actually an accomplishment of social actors.