Social analysts exploring opportunities for female actors over forty versus opportunities for male actors over forty are based in what perspective?
a. ageist
b. feminist
c. functionalist
d. symbolic interactionist
Answer: b. feminist
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Elite pluralists take which of these positions?
A. Voters make the final decisions as far as who represents them. B. Political elites are not a diverse social body. C. There is no diversity of interests among the various political groups. D. The competition for votes ensures that no one group retains political power indefinitely.
Social mobility in agrarian societies was
a. basically nonexistent b. occasionally upward but mainly downward c. occasionally downward but mainly upward d. almost always upward
The sociological definition of social deviance a. stresses social context, not individual behavior
b. focuses on individual nonconformity. c. recognizes deviance as being the same for all groups and settings. d. argues that definitions of deviance remain the same over time.
What research problem often results from the technique called "snowball sampling"?
a. Snowball samples can never provide qualitative data. b. Snowball sampling rarely produces a sample that is representative of the population. c. Snowball samples can provide quantitative data. d. It is challenging to find enough participants to obtain a large enough sample.