According to the functionalist perspective, deviance is universal because it serves all of the following important functions EXCEPT:
a. clarifying rules.
b. preventing social chaos
c. promoting social change.
d. uniting a group.
b
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a. overall lower levels of stress b. better health screening for immigrants c. better social cohesion d. improved housing and subsidies for housing
A researcher who is examining the criteria couples use to make decisions about how to divide housework is probably using which of the following frameworks?
a. Rational choice b. Socialization c. Socialist feminist d. Symbolic interaction
Shauntae’s mom is marrying a man with two small children. The five of them will live together in Shauntae’s house as a(n) __________ family
A) extended B) noncustodial C) reconstituted D) single-parent
Gerontology is
a. the same thing as ageism. b. the study of prejudice and discrimination towards the elderly. c. the study of aging. d. the study of how chronic illnesses progress over time.