Automobiles provide transportation and independence. They also cause a great deal of air pollution and contribute to global warming. Merton would consider these negative impacts to be __________
a. dysfunctions
b. latent functions
c. unavoidable functions
d. manifest functions
a
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Which best describes inequality the United States?
a. Income and wealth inequality have been increasing for the last decade b. Income inequality is increasing but not wealth inequality. c. Wealth inequality is increasing but not income inequality. d. There is wide fluctuation in wealth and income inequality each year
According to Max Weber's terminology, the National Organization of Women and the National Rifle Association are
a. positively privileged property classes. c. political parties. b. status groups. d. negatively privileged property classes.
Conglomerates are subjected to greater market risk as they operate in a single market.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Theory failure describes a situation in which a human service program is implemented according to design, but the anticipated outcome is not achieved. Which of the features listed below does NOT describe theory failure?
a. Comes about because of a flaw in the hypothesis underlying the program b. Certain causal processes will lead directly to the desired outcome c. The hypothesis is not supported when the program is implemented according to the program design, but the result is not the desired outcome d. It is designed to address specific stakeholder questions