Explain how a functionalist theorist, such as Émile Durkheim, would analyze the existence and persistence of ethnic enclaves or pockets in the United States (Chinatown, Koreatown, Little Ethiopia, etc.).
What will be an ideal response?
Social groups held together by mechanical solidarity and based on homogeneity in language and culture are more culturally durable than those based on organic solidarity, which is based on interdependence.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Negative stereotyping of older adults
a. causes riots. b. stifles the older adults’ potential and draws attention away from them being happy and sociable. c. causes 70% of older adults to commit suicide. d. forces older adults to act out against the stereotypes.
All of the following are sources of data that yield valid results for sociologists EXCEPT
a. survey research. b. experiments. c. observation. d. common sense.
Which of the following shows the typical trajectory of a social movement?
a. coalescence, emergence, formal organization, decline b. emergence, coalescence, formal organization, decline c. achieves goals, quashed, splintered, absorbed d. absorbed, formal organization, coalescence, quashed