Joan is not sure if she wants to become an engineer, so she decides to take an internship at a local engineering firm and joins an engineering club at her college. Engineers are Joan's __________________.

a. primary group
b. secondary group
c. reference group
d. ascribed group


c. reference group

Sociology

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Which force or condition increases the structural strain behind social movements?

a. contentment with the status quo b. inequality c. democracy d. deviance

Sociology

Are the distinct patterns of change in abilities over the life span, where some abilities remain stable and others increase or decrease

ANSWER:

Sociology

You are conducting a study on why subjects use a search engine to find information on buying a car. You decide to examine the likelihood of someone using a search engine to find information on buying a car is effected by gender (male or female), efficacy of price negotiating skills (high or low), and type of car desired (used or new). Using this scenario, write one sentence for each of the following: what is a possible main effect? What is a possible interaction effect? Lastly, write one hypothesis statement using this scenario.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Symbolic interaction theory holds that illness is partly (although obviously not totally), a. due to changes in social structure

b. socially constructed. c. related to power elites in society. d. None of the answer choices are true.

Sociology