Professor May wants to learn how grandparents define their role when they become the guardians of their grandchild. May asks grandparents questions like, "How did you come to have custody of your grandchild?" and "Do you feel more like a parent or a grandparent?" Which of the following paradigms is May probably using?
a. conflict theory
b. social Darwinism
c. structural functionalism
d. ethnomethodology
e. symbolic interactionism
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a. He won a small percentage of the white vote b. He was elected governor c. He attracted both black and white voters d. He received the majority of the white vote in the general election
Structural individualism is a theory of analytical sociology that argues that society is based on the choices and actions that individuals and groups make while __________
a. their choices only influence other social actors immediately around them b. the actions that follow from these choices are constrained by society c. other groups and individuals make their own choices d. their choices are actually meaningless compared to the power of social institutions
The attitudes and behavior that are expected of men and women in society are referred to as __________
A. gender B. sex C. sexual orientation D. gender role
Charles Horton Cooley pursued the discipline of sociology by studying which of the following?
What will be an ideal response?