Most sociologists would agree with which of the following statements about the social environment?
a. The social environment is of little consequence in determine human actions
b. Human actions are limited or determined by the social environment
c. The social environment is more important now than ever before
d. The social environment is less important now than ever before
B
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Through the process of __________ socialization, males and females come to understand how they are supposed to act as males and females
a. centrifugal b. spatial c. trace d. gender
In the series of experiments conducted by Solomon Asch, the experimental group consisted of subjects who were asked to:
a. announce their decisions out loud in a group setting. b. guess the opinions of others in the group. c. state their feelings toward the other members of the group. d. write their decisions down on a piece of paper.
Which best describes the demographic transition theory?
a. Population grows along a predictable continuum that is directly related to industrialization. b. Issues that arise from population growth can be resolved by the ingenuity of human beings. c. A cyclical pattern of war, famine, and disease regularly reduces the population to a manageable carrying capacity. d. A pattern of perfect balance between births and deaths can offset environmental collapse.
The authors assert that exclusively focusing on the individual when studying social problems __________
A) overlooks deviations from society’s norms as potential problems B) takes an overly deterministic view of social problems C) ignores the strains that are caused by the inequities of the system D) treats social problems as being the product of systematic inequity