According to Shepard, which of these is a negative effect of deviance?
a. Deviance erodes trust.
b. Deviance clarifies norms.
c. Deviance promotes needed social change.
d. Deviance increases unity within a society.
e. Deviance is a source of innovation.
A
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The decline of the People's Temple in California occurred primarily because the
a. Temple lost is economic base; it could not make it financially. b. Temple could not increase its membership. c. The membership got too large and individuals increasingly defected. d. Temple got into trouble with the law.
Since the 1990s, the number of male and female characters portrayed in the media has been approximately equal in number
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
How does the media support moral entrepreneurs?
A. by balancing their reporting equally across social problems B. by providing a platform for publicizing claims makers' interpretations of social problems C. by ensuring well-informed public debate on the most critical issues D. by prioritizing the most severe and prevalent social problems
In a medicalized society, we should expect pharmaceutical companies to do all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. find the most inexpensive but most effective cure for diseases B. seek profits from continuously serving drugs to those who can pay C. advertise their products in such a way as to produce higher demand D. treat health and illness as factors that need medications