From 1980 to 2003, the number of Americans in some kind of prison _____________
a. declined
b. doubled
c. quadrupled
d. stayed about the same
C
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Preoccupation and even fixation on developing a good methodology can be explained by sociology's
a. youth, and desire to be accepted as a science. b. rejection of science and a search for alternative ways of studying human life. c. hostility toward other social and natural sciences. c. hostility toward other social and natural sciences.
For Karl Marx, the capitalist's search for profits led to adopting automation to lower wage costs. In his view, this displaced workers in large numbers from their jobs and drove down wages for all workers
In Marx's terms, this situation created __________. a. a reserve army of unemployed people b. a more docile bourgeoisie c. a smaller lumpenproletariat d. a wealthier proletariat e. more employment and larger profits
Diamond (2003) found that in regard to love:
a. individuals are biologically wired to fall in love with persons of the same sex b. individuals are biologically wired to fall in love with persons of the other sex c. individuals are biologically wired to fall in love with either sex d. the direction of one's sexual and emotional desires is the same
An example of a “group,” as defined by sociologists, might be
a. passengers on a public bus. b. customers waiting in a line at the grocery store. c. people attending a political rally. d. a sports team.