Researchers find that pet owners live longer, healthier lives. Within this study, pet ownership is the

A. independent variable.
B. dependent variable.
C. spurious variable.
D. operational variable.


A. independent variable.

Sociology

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Evaluating one's ability to control and cope with harm, threat, or challenge occurs during

a. primary appraisal. b. secondary appraisal. c. reappraisal. d. emotional adaptation.

Sociology

In the United States,

A. it is very common for people to start out poor and yet achieve great wealth. B. most people live their entire lives as members of a social class very close to the one they were born into. C. a person’s individual achievements have no effect on his or her social class. D. most individuals move down the social class ladder during their lifetimes.

Sociology

Imagine that the number of bathrooms available on campus for men was reduced to a number where male students routinely had to wait in line but female students did not. In what ways would this structural change negatively affect men’s academic performance?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Institutionalized deviance results in a society in which __________

A) all law enforcement is corrupt B) there is an extremely high rate of crime C) some members are disadvantaged D) all members are economically equal

Sociology