A sociologist notices that during an economic recession, divorce rates decrease as do marriage rates, but that families continue to appear in a variety of forms. What does this consideration of economic forces suggest about family diversity?
a. It is constructed through social structure.
b. It is part of the idealistic understanding.
c. It is primarily affected by micro-level forces.
d.
It is poorly understood by researchers.
a
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Sanderson and Alderson would argue that
a. human progress has been occurring in most spheres of social life over the past 10,000 years b. in all spheres of social life over the past 10,000 years, the quality of human life has been going downhill c. the concept of progress should be banished from the vocabularies of sociologists d. despite many forms of cultural regression over the past 10,000 years, it is still possible to talk about progress occurring in some respects
Jonathan has devised a research study to examine the sentencing discrepancies between those who were arrested for selling illicit drugs such as cocaine, and those who were dealing fraudulently obtained prescription drugs. He is likely using which paradigm?
a. social Darwinism. b. symbolic interactionism. c. ethnomethodology. d. conflict paradigm. e. feminist paradigms
____________is defined as evil as prohibited.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
At which level of Seligman’s model of well-being can a meaningful life be attained?
a. Service b. Gratitude c. Savoring d. Interdependence