Functionalists examine the ______ between the media and other social institutions.
A. institutional inequalities
B. meaning
C. inherent conflict
D. structural relationship
Answer: D
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Globalization increases competition for skilled workers and, thereby, raises the wages of skilled workers all over the globe
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Jenkins maintains that human beings
a. have one basic identity and it is altered slightly in every situation. b. have one true identity, and life needs to be lived to discover what it is. c. have many identities and each is negotiated in every social situation. d. may have identities, but they are not as important as personality.
Which pattern of results in the partial tables would allow us to distinguish between spurious relationships and intervening relationships?
a. None, the patterns are the same. b. For spurious relations, the partial measures of association are stronger than the bivariate measures. The opposite is true for intervening relationships. c. For spurious relations, the partial measures of association are weaker than the bivariate measures. The opposite is true for intervening relationships. d. In spurious relationships, the partial measures are different from each other. In intervening relations, the partial measures have the same value.
Research on sports and socialization as a community and cultural process is partly inspired by the ideas of Antonio Gramsci. Using Gramsci's ideas, sociologists see sports as important in connection with socialization because sports are
A. popular forms of excitement and pleasure. B. forms of physical labor. C. shaped by system needs in society. D. activities that people can do by themselves or with others.