______ can be defined as the social process by which people define a social problem into existence.

A. Social problem
B. Social institution
C. Social structure
D. Social constructionism


Answer: D

Sociology

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In Census 2000, the undercount for the entire U.S. population of the United States was 2.4 percent. Which of these groups is most like to be undercounted by the Census?

a. suburban dwellers b. the homeless c. residents of New York City d. farmers

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The roots of modern sociology can be found in

a. The ancient Greek philosophers b. Early American politics c. Most major world religions d. philosophers and scientists from the Great Enlightenment

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The sharecropping economy was based on African American farmers:

A) growing cotton on their own small farms that they bought from white landowners. B) renting land from white people who owned large plantations. C) working the land owned by white landowners for a portion of the profit on the crops they grew. D) working the land owned by white landowners to en credit toward eventually owning their own farm.

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