Susan and Mary are middle-aged women who have been neighbors for twenty-five years. They talk daily about each other's grandchildren, share grocery shopping trips, and offer each other advice. They are an example of a(n) __________
a. primary group
b. secondary group
c. formal organization
d. aggregate
a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What can be inferred from taking a critical stance toward the family?
a. Exploring the family means taking into consideration effects from society. b. Exploring the family means focusing on evolutionary forces. c. Exploring the family means relying on survey results. d. Exploring the family means accepting the face value of the family.
According to the interactionist perspective on deviance, "recruitment" refers to:
a. contradictions in society's opportunity structure which promote deviance b. how people respond to being labeled as deviant c. the creation of new categories of deviance in a society d. the question of why some people become deviants while others in the same situation do not
During the Jim Crow era, Whites and Blacks were separated by extreme segregation. While the free Black electorate threatened the political and economic dominance of elite White society, Whites still wanted--and needed--Black labor. Which theory best explains segregation under these conditions?
A. Blauner hypothesis B. Noel hypothesis C. Culture of poverty theory D. Lieberson hypothesis