Asserting that "the poor are poor because they are not bright enough to succeed" might be said by a __________

A) social Darwinist
B) sociologist
C) person who focuses on institutionalized deviance
D) system blamer


Answer: A

Sociology

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Probation, home incarceration, jail, and residential facilities are all tools of

a. correctional control. c. medicalization. b. deviance. d. internalization.

Sociology

The transition to parenthood:

a) is more challenging for men because they face a greater contradiction in roles between breadwinner and father. b) is innate. c) is primarily a matter of juggling work and family. d) is similar for men and women because they tend to think about their babies in similar ways and analyze their thoughts so that they fit the image of "good" mothers and fathers. e) provides a good example of "doing gender."

Sociology

Italian immigrant families are best described as "enduring but static institutions."

a) True b) False

Sociology

According to Du Bois the most pressing problem facing American society is

a. double consciousness b. the color line c. the veil d. Marxism

Sociology