Reggie is in prison serving 20 years for a crime that he did not commit. Reggie understands his circumstances to be God's will. This illustrates the __________

A) looking-glass self
B) generalized other
C) sociological imagination
D) social construction of reality


D

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Contingent employment shifts the burden of ________ to individual workers and their families

a. fringe benefits b. increasing productivity c. skill development d. direct labor

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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that cooking over a fire in an unventilated space is the equivalent of:

a. being a firefighter in San Francisco b. smoking two packs of cigarettes c. inhaling a liter of carbon monoxide d. eating a pound of barbequed meat

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Which sociologist used the term differential association to describe the process by which exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts leads to violation of rules?

A. Richard Quinney B. Erving Goffman C. Robert Merton D. Edwin Sutherland

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SAGE News Clips: Waiting for Organ DonorsDescription: This video discusses the issues faced by Americans waiting for donor organs. Dr. Raymond Givens discusses his study, which found that the wealthy are more likely to receive organs for transplant. Experts attribute these findings to the ability of wealthy patients to travel and get listed on multiple states' transplant lists. While patient Steve Taibbi says he is traveling from New York to California because he is worried he will not survive long enough to receive a second heart transplant. The United Network for Organ Sharing reports that they are invested in addressing the geographic inequalities organ recipients face while waiting for a transplant.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll

to page 360 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Which of the following discussed in the video is true of social class and organ donation? A. The poor are less likely than other groups to want to donate their organs. B. The rich are more likely than other groups to want to donate their organs. C. The rich are more likely than other groups to receive a donated organ. D. The poor are more likely than other groups to receive a donated organ.

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