Beth Johnson graduated with a law degree from her state university. For the past six months she has been trying to get a job but has met with little success. She notes that most of her friends who graduated at the same time are also as yet unemployed. Johnson has concluded that her inability to obtain suitable employment is the result of poor economic conditions. According to C. Wright Mills, her
conclusion is an example of:
a. personal resignation
b. sociological imagination
c. structural unemployment
d. technological displacement
B
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Her research examines the impact that smoking has on perceived attractiveness in college students. Although Erika thinks that smoking makes her more attractive than her non-smoking peers, she does not allow her personal biases to prejudice her research. This suggests that Erika's study has problems with: a. Causation b. Objectivity c. Validity d. Reliability
A(n) __________ predicts a relationship between independent and dependent variables
Fill in the blank with correct word
The pronounced tendency for men and women to be employed in different types of jobs is termed a. gender inconsistency. b. occupational segregation
c. work sexism. d. occupational socialization.
Identify the three points of crisis of mod¬ern capitalist society.
What will be an ideal response?