________ are forms of communication designed to reach large audiences without requiring face-to-face contact between those conveying and receiving the messages
a. Significant symbols c. Primary groups
b. Mass media d. Total institutions
B
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When a four-year student drops out of college and goes to a community college it is known as:
a. reverse transfer b. representative transfer c. reciprocal process d. educational levitation
Which of the following is a characteristic of a nonmetropolitan county?
a. It is not socially or economically tied to a county with a major city. b. It has no cities with populations larger than 25,000 in it. c. It has no urban residents. d. It is at least 75 miles from a major city.
Émile Durkheim (1897) conducted an early study on the subject of suicide, documenting how social structure affects human behavior. What did he find?
a. Suicide was not a completely random event and that there were several important patterns. b. Counseling can help those who suffer from depression. c. Personal reasons such as job loss or the ending of a relationship were the best predictors of suicide. d. Catholics were more likely to commit suicide than were Protestants.
During the process of groupthink ________
a. group members quickly settle on a position and then they treat other possibilities as oppositional. b. group members encourage each other to see the issue from multiple points of view. c. group members treat reaching consensus as less important than encouraging everyone to speak up openly. d. The group seeks diverse members and ends up being unable to reach a consensus.