When human beings cope with, adapt to, and change social structures to meet their needs, whether as individuals acting alone or with others, these actions constitute voluntarism

a. true
b. false


b

Sociology

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Although almost everyone in the United States generally agrees on the importance of sexual faithfulness in marriage, a small percentage of respondents in a recent study reported that they had cheated on their spouses. This finding illustrates the need to distinguish between __________ and __________.

a. high culture; popular culture b. mores; taboo c. ideal culture; real culture d. norms; sanctions

Sociology

The culture of poverty thesis is very similar to ______ theory.

A. functionalist B. labeling C. social mobility D. social status

Sociology

Marx used the term ______ for the feeling of powerlessness and estrangement from other people and from oneself that he suggested resulted from continually being exploited

A. Accommodation B. Meritocracy C. Assimilation D. Alienation

Sociology

Barrington Moore studied the political outcomes of revolutions, that is, why in the last century societies have emerged from revolutions and been either:

a. inclusive of all ethnic groups or exclusive for only one ethnic group or religion b. capitalist democracies, fascist or socialist c. free societies or authoritarian societies d. stable and able to progress or unstable and subject to upheavals for years to come

Sociology