Which of the following is the most likely to experience role conflict?
a. a business manager who is dating her employee
b. a lawyer who wants to practice tort law
c. a college professor who wants to take a sabbatical to Italy
d. a teenage mother who is still attending high school
Answer: d. a teenage mother who is still attending high school
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. zero tolerance b. demand reduction c. supply reduction d. harm reduction
When powerful business and political interests work together to promote urban development, often at the expense of the poor and those without a political voice, sociologists refer to this urban phenomenon as
A. urban renewal. B. growth machines. C. hyper development. D. a boondoggle.
When people from a smaller civilization are able to preserve major features of their culture when in contact with a larger culture, they are engaging in:
a. absorption b. accommodation c. acculturation d. adjustment