SAGE News Clips: Water Contamination ProtestDescription: Documentary filmmaker and Flint native Michael Moore returns to Michigan to protest the lead in the Flint, MI water system. Moore and protestors call on President Obama to take on the water crisis as a human rights issue during an upcoming trip to Michigan. Watch this video and read Chapter 1 to learn more about how sociology can make sense of current events!Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 18 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:In the words of Erving Goffman, individuals are ______; they have the potential to disrupt and destroy the structures and structures in which they find themselves.
A. dangerous agents
B. dangerous consumers
C. dangerous giants
D. dangerous agitators
Answer: C
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Which of the following is considered to be a characteristic of deviance?
A. Deviance is a socially constructed concept. B. Deviance occurs independent to time or social context. C. Individuals are too small a group to be defined as deviant. D. Deviance is symbolic for society.
SNS — Social Networking Sites — have become important in the socialization influence of peer groups on adolescents. The use of SNS
A) Varies by race, class, and ethnicity B) Is similar among most adolescents. C) Is NOT related to social class position. D) Is highest among the lower socioeconomic classes.
By constraining the behavior of the community of believers, religion provides ________
a. a social control function b. motivation c. harmony d. none of the above
Similar to African American families, Latino families are also composed of extended kin networks, although Latino families further extend family relationships to fictive, or ________ kin
A) far-removed B) needy C) in-law D) non-related