Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Control theory reminds us that while the media may focus on crime and disorder, most members of most societies conform to and obey basic norms.
2. According to journalist Naomi Wolf, women in the U.S. who do not conform to the beauty myth are viewed as deviant.
3. Both men and women in the U.S. may be stigmatized when they fail to conform to standards of attractiveness.
4. The high degree of anonymity allowing for uncivil behavior when using the Internet has resulted in calls for the establishment of formal rules for online behavior.
5. Recent sociological research supports the position that some forms of crime and deviance have genetic roots.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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Some sociologists have suggested that in the southern U.S. in the pre-civil rights era, an African American individual was born into a status that would always be subordinate to the status of all of the White members of the community. This is an example of a(n)
A. estate system. B. class system. C. caste system. D. feudal system.
Comte, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, and Marx all witnessed what major societal change?
a. Values related to marriage were under attack as society grew rapidly. b. Growth in factory production made labor more democratic. c. Better printing and communications led to the rapid spread of new ideas. d. European royalty partnered with elected parliaments, causing more social tension. e. Tradition was undermined by the industrial revolution, political conflict, and growth in urban society.
A(n) ________, or story that explains one's experience, is often shaped by a person's perceptions rather than the "truth" of the event.
A) monologue B) explication C) narrative D) reenactment
SAGE News Clips: Water Contamination ProtestDescription: Documentary filmmaker and Flint native Michael Moore returns to Michigan to protest the lead in the Flint, MI water system. Moore and protestors call on President Obama to take on the water crisis as a human rights issue during an upcoming trip to Michigan. Watch this video and read Chapter 1 to learn more about how sociology can make sense of current events!Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 18 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:C. Wright Mills would encourage the use of ______ to understand the water crisis in Flint.
A. the military-industrial complex B. globalization C. war on terror D. the sociological imagination