Malcolm Chan believes that owners of property should be free to do almost anything they like with it in order to make profits. In addition, he feels that when an individual makes a profit in a business venture the entire society benefits. Chan's beliefs represent the economic philosophy known as:
a. laissez-faire capitalism
b. mercantilism
c. socialism
d. welfare capitalism
A
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What can applying the sociological imagination tell us about unemployment and homelessness?
a. Homelessness and unemployment are almost always the result of individual choices. b. Unemployment, but not homelessness, is almost always the result of individual choices. c. Anyone is just as likely as another to become either unemployed or homeless. d. Unemployment and homelessness can be due to changing social forces beyond an individual's control.
Explain the difference between a taboo and a law. Provide a historical example where there has been overlap between what is considered taboo and what is illegal and how that may have changed over time.
What will be an ideal response?
When sociologists study socialization as it occurs in sports, they are most likely to be guided by
A. interactionist theories. B. structural theories. C. gender theories. D. transmission theories.
John Bargh and colleagues' study of implicit stereotyping (1996) found that subliminally priming young people with the image of an elderly person caused them to
a. answer questions more slowly in interviews. b. write more slowly on questionnaires. c. walk down the hall more slowly after the experiment. d. be more forgetful during the experiment.