Explain the difference between a macrolevel paradigm and a microlevel paradigm and provide an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Macrolevel paradigms are concerned with large-scale patterns and institutions (structural functionalism and social conflict). Micro-level paradigms are concerned with social relations and interactions in specific, individual situations (symbolic interactionism).
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Public schools that offer special facilities and programs in pursuit of educational excellence are known as
a. charter schools b. magnet schools c. voucher programs d. mainstreaming
_____ focuses on the processes that construct females as “the other” in ways that undermine women’s freedom.
a. Cultural feminism b. Sexual difference theory c. Sociological theories d. Liberal feminism
Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer’s attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?
a. Conceives of sexual power existing outside social life. b. Sees identity as ways of being rather than ways of doing. c. Rejects the identity politics of the 1960s social movements, claiming the acceptance a marginalized identity can only reinforce the marginalization of that social self. d. Sees sexuality as largely limited to the social institutions of family and politics.
Which of the following is the study of human cultures and societies and their development?
A. demography B. human geography C. sociology D. anthropology