Which of the following statements about social roles is correct?
A. Role expectations and actual role performances never vary.
B. Actual performance of a role varies from individual to individual.
C. The roles that belong to a social status are always performed in the same manner.
D. Social roles are always performed in the same manner by those holding ascribed, but not achieved, statuses.
Answer: B
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a. primary aging. b. secondary aging. c. tertiary aging. d. holistic aging.
Although most women begin their families while in their twenties, we can expect that the trend toward later parenthood will continue to grow
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Jürgen Habermas, the system has been increasingly colonized by the lifeworld. 2. In Jürgen Habermas’s idea of an ideal speech situation, truth arises from consensus. 3. Anthony Giddens argues that modernity entails a breaking down of trust throughout society. 4. Anthony Giddens argues that modernity entails an increasing amount of risk. 5. The boomerang effect is a phenomenon in which the lower classes and poor societies pay the costs for the upper classes and rich nations.
Which of the following was not part of the "new qualitative methodology" of the post-war period?
A. Observation of situated action. B. Field work in natural settings. C. Emphasis on the social context of interaction. D. Marxist theoretical foundations. E. "Breaching experiments" that disrupt interactions.