Which of the following is the best example of using the sociological imagination to understand the social problem of war?
A) Veterans often have psychological problems when returning home from war.
B) Individuals who enlist in the military are heroes.
C) War can undermine the social institutions of society, such as family and government.
D) Combat is physically and mentally taxing.
C) War can undermine the social institutions of society, such as family and government.
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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Industrial Workers of the World?
a. The Wobblies had a strong sub-culture. b. The Wobblies opposed strikes. c. The Wobblies favored social revolution. d. The Wobblies constituted a general union. e. The Wobblies believed in public protest.
Which of the following functions of marriage has remained virtually unchanged?
A) The companionship-intimacy function B) The protective function C) The religious-spiritual function D) The procreative function
In light of the research on gender and student evaluations of professors, what might you reasonably conclude when seeing an online rating for a female professor that describes her in negative terms such as “disorganized”?
A) The professor is likely to be disorganized and an inadequate teacher because student evaluations tend not to be biased in ways related to gender. B) The professor is likely a better teacher than reviews reflect, because being organized is not an important quality in a professor in the eyes of students. C) The professor is probably worse than she is being described, as research shows that student evaluations unfairly favor female professors because femininity is associated with teaching. D) The professor is likely being unfairly evaluated, since student evaluations tend to be disproportionately skewed against women and terms like “disorganized” are disproportionately used to describe them.