Adolescents at a middle school tease a girl because she has yet to shave her legs. The teasing represents an example of a sanction
a. positive formal
b. negative formal
c. negative informal
d. positive informal
c
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Which statement is true from the perspective of the symbolic interaction frame of reference?
A) Personality becomes fixed by age 5 or 6. B) The biological mother is the most important figure for children. C) Physiological needs and drives explain most motivation. D) None of the above are true.
"Black tar" is:
A. a type of street heroin that has been "cut" with powdered charcoal. B. a synthetic opioid that is twice as potent as pure heroin. C. a name given to heroin from Mexico that is brown or black in its pure form. D. an opium extract that is imported from Southeast Asia.
Governmet assistance programs are generous enough that they provide a comfortable lifestyle for most of the poor
a. true b. false
In Australia, when Aborigines become part of the dominant society but then refuse to acknowledge their grandparents' traditional tribal ways, they are practicing the process of
A. exploitation. B. amalgamation. C. labeling. D. assimilation.