Merton’s concepts of values, social status, role expectations, and goals all fall within which basic theoretical orientation?

a. Nonrational/collective
b. Nonrational/individual
c. Rational/collective
d. Rational/individual


a. Nonrational/collective

Sociology

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a. each try to exert their own influence over the decision making process. b. prefer to have the majority rule. c. strive to reach a consensus. d. prefer the quickest route to a decision.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is NOT a problem that Taylor and Bath describe for the people who work in the call centers they studied?

a. Their work is often done at night or on shifts that can last more than eight hours. b. They experience more ill-health and sleep problems than other workers. c. Their sex lives are negatively affected by the long hours they work, the shift work they do, and the fact that they are barely home. d. They were in artificial environments that lack fresh air, temperature controls, and a pleasant work environment.

Sociology

Our earliest forms of love are:

attachments to our primary caregiver. avoidant. anxious-ambivalent. sexual.

Sociology