A college professor with advanced degrees, moderate salary, and little power to shape national events can be described as having
a. high status consistency.
b. horizontal social mobility.
c. downward social mobility.
d. low status consistency.
d
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In his research, George Murdock determined which of the following to be a cultural universal?
A. war B. astronomy C. funeral ceremonies D. All these answers are correct.
One limitation of ANOVA is that, when the null hypothesis is rejected, the test
a. does not tell us which sample mean(s) is/are different. b. tells us nothing about the standard deviations. c. does not tell us which population variances are zero. d. does not tell us which population variances are greater than zero.
The critical examination of society ________ social life and ________ individuals to the inconsistencies present in society
a. obscures / blinds b. demystifies / sensitizes c. objectifies / alienates d. analyzes / liberates
Instead of judging whether an act should or shouldn't be considered deviant, sociologists examine ______.
A. only the empirically observable facts that pertain to guilt or innocence B. the role of psychopathology in deviance C. the relationship between genes and environment (epigenetics) D. how definitions of deviance are created and transmitted, as well as patterns related to deviance