Consistent with the premises of strain theory, research finds that juvenile delinquency and gang membership is primarily caused by
A. social pressure.
B. moral failure.
C. blocked opportunities.
D. broken family structures.
Answer: C
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The fundamental difference between church and sect is
a. accommodation or resistance to the secular world. b. the use of the prophetic role by the church. c. the use of the priestly role by the sect. d. all of the above
Morris Janowitz argues that the threat posed by the military to civilian control over the military can be directly attributed to:
a. increased levels of military spending b. lowered educational requirements for military service c. the elimination of the draft d. the replacement of citizen soldiers by professional soldiers
What did Mahzarin Banaji and her colleagues discover when testing respondents using implicit association tests?
A. Most people have unconscious preferences for people like themselves. B. People are able to control and regulate feelings of prejudice. C. People are more open-minded than was once thought. D. Most people have very few biases against people of other races.
Social theorists sought an analogy to Darwin's biological model and originated evolutionary theory in which society is viewed as moving in a definite direction.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)