Orlofsky and his colleagues identified five intimacy statuses, one of which is the "isolate." Describe this status
What will be an ideal response?
Isolates are people who are socially withdrawn and have no apparent need for either social or close interpersonal interactions.
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The study of collective behavior poses some particularly interesting problems for sociology because
a. sociologists are not accustomed to studying social interaction. b. collective behavior is difficult to define in sociological terms. c. there are no sociological theories to account for collective behavior. d. it is difficult to plan research around spontaneous behavior. e. collective behavior does not occur often enough for it to be studied.
Emile Durkheim believed that social norms helped to maintain social order. For example, he explained that suicide is a result of a lack of balance in an individual's social world and not an event that is based on an individual's free will. Into which sociological theory does this best fit?
A. symbolic interactionist theory B. structural-functionalist theory C. conflict theory D. feminist theory
Which industry has felt the greater impact of international migration?
a. health care b. education c. technology d. manufacturing
The label __________ was used by northern Irish to separate themselves from the southern Irish in order to avoid persecution experienced by the southern Irish.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).