__________ Sociological perspective that argues that the state has achieved a dominant position in society because it provides society with cohesion and order

What will be an ideal response?


functionalist

Sociology

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.  White children are three times more likely to be uninsured than Latino children.  2.  Less than ten percent of Mexican Americans hold a college degree.  3.  The reason for higher Puerto Rican income, relative to Mexican Americans, is their disproportionate numbers in skilled, blue-collar craft positions.  4.  A major reason for the higher death rates of Latino children is lack of access to neonatal services.  5.  Puerto Ricans in New York City are more segregated than Mexican Americans in Los Angeles and Cubans in Miami. 

Sociology

The bioecological model of gender roles emphasizes:

a. the interaction of the individual's development and the environmental context b. the nature/nurture dichotomy c. Freud's Oedipal complex in reverse d. the evolutionary role of biology in gender role development

Sociology

Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?

a. Language makes possible our collective memory. b. Language occurs independent of a cultural setting. c. Language shapes human consciousness. d. The capacity to learn language is innate to human beings.

Sociology

Comparisons between the opioid drug crisis and that of crack cocaine can lead one to wonder if drug laws __________.

A. are designed to hurt those who suffer from addiction B. punish those who are upper-middle class because they are supposed to "know better" C. are racist D. are impossible to enforce

Sociology