________ is the extent to which an operational definition measures what it is intended to measure
a. A variable
b. Validity
c. Hypothesis
d. Reliability
b. Validity
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The goals of ideological social control include ________
a. having citizens accept the dominant ideology b. persuading the members of society to comply willingly with the law c. persuading the members of society to accept without question the existing distribution of societal power and rewards d. all of the above
Currie refutes the myth that in 1992, "only about 100,000 persons convicted of a violent crime went to state prison" by arguing that this statistic underestimates the number of people who were incarcerated
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Through its varied use of images, products, and advertisements the media creates a very specific set of gender roles for men and women. Because this influences and shapes how we live our daily life the media becomes an agent of
a) social control. b) human agency. c) cultural consumerism. d) collective consciousness.
All states recognize common law marriages
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false