John, a sociologist, is researching the family and is focusing on the socialization process children experience within the family and how parents transmit norms and values to their children. Which theoretical perspective is the basis for John's research?
a. Conflict theory
b. Feminist theory
c. Interactionist theory
d. Structural/functional theory
d. Structural/functional theory
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A) The Bakke Case B) Brown v. Board of Education C) Proposition 209 D) The Civil Rights Act
Geoff claims to his friends that a desire to achieve and personal effort are the key to people's social standing. These claims come closest to expressing which political viewpoint?
A. radical left B. liberal C. conservative D. religious
______ is the theoretical approach that looks into the significance of symbols in structuring society and affecting individual behavior.
A. Functionalism B. Bureaucracy C. Symbolic interaction D. Scientific management
Under which circumstance would many of the parents in the study have agreed to adopt an African American baby?
a. if they knew the child’s parents b. if it was the only way to have a family with children c. if their extended family supported it d. if it was a domestic adoption