"Internet addiction," if it becomes defined as a real illness, would be the result of a social organization referred to by Lewis Mumford as ______.
A. the megamachine
B. technoscience
C. a sociotechnical system
D. the fourth paradigm
Answer: A
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The neutralization process whereby the parents' influence on the child is diminished by contrary values held by friends is currently
a. diminished by the school's support of the family. b. facilitated by the decreasing amount of time parents spend with their children. c. being undermined by the religious institution. d. none of the above.
A trial explanation predicting a relationship between independent and dependent variables is
a. an hypothesis. b. a theory. c. a fact. d. an observation.
In their research study Armstrong, Hamilton & Sweeney employ the following integrative approach
a. educational theory coupled with personality testing for sexual disorders. b. individual determinants coupled with family values, parental gender roles, and family history. c. organizational resources coupled with recent gender theory emphasizing socialization, social roles and institutional arrangements. d. rape culture combined with individual determinants emphasizing recent theories of gender development.
An underlying assumption of age stratification is that:
A. all societies rank individuals on ascribed characteristics. B. there are similar social structures in all societies. C. all societies rank individuals on achieved characteristics. D. all societies group people into social categories.