Besides the more biological factors of lust and attraction, many individual and personal factors, as well as larger social contexts, also influence whom we choose as our mates. The most obvious contextual influence is ______, or nearness.

What will be an ideal response?


propinquity

Sociology

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Molotch (2006) found that race affected the different governmental response in Hurricane Katrina in that

a. No one cared about black Americans b. Supplies and other assistance was unable to find transportation to those in need c. Very few people around the country wanted to help d. People in government agencies normally set aside bureaucratic rules in a time of disaster but that did not happen in this case

Sociology

Which of the following must be normally distributed in order to proceed with hypothesis testing of means and proportions?

a. the sample distribution b. the sampling distribution c. the population distribution d. both the sample distribution and the population distribution

Sociology

Why are 90% of sexually ambiguous newborns assigned to the category of “female” in societies with advanced medical technology?

A. Compared to males, females are more respected and appreciated. B. Males do not adjust as well to the surgery. C. The parents choose to have a female rather than a male child. D. Creating a vagina is surgically easier than creating a penis.

Sociology

Jolie envisions a society in which the government takes a stand to reduce social inequality and is concerned with the collective good of its citizens. She believes that the government should impose some limits on the rights of individuals and corporations, and that the means of production should be publicly owned. Which of the following best describes Jolie's vision?

A. communism B. socialism C. interlocking directorate D. capitalism

Sociology