Which of the following is an example of achieved status?
A. A Native American athlete spends months preparing for a big track meet, which she wins.
B. A female umpire earns a spot in the major leagues during spring training, but after several serious judgment mistakes she is demoted to the minor leagues.
C. A young lawyer loses his first three cases and comes to work late and unprepared regularly; the law firm fires him.
D. All of these answers are correct.
Answer: D
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A. homeschooling. B. dropping out of school. C. work schedules. D. abusive relationships.
Which of the following statements about imprisonment rates in the United States is true?
A. The United States imprisons people at a lower rate than Russia or South Africa, but higher than Israel. B. The United States imprisons people at a higher rate than Russia, Mexico, or Canada. C. The United States imprisons people at a lower rate than Russia, Mexico, or Canada. D. Russia, South Africa, and Mexico each imprison more people than the United States.
Define agency and structure as sociological concepts and explain the differences between them. Using an example, illustrate and describe the relationship between agency and structure.
What will be an ideal response?
Dependency theory is defined as
A. an approach proposing that modernization and development will lessen the dependency of peripheral nations. B. an approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain. C. the philosophy that no nation can survive isolated from the rest of the world. D. a process by which peripheral nations move from having traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.