___________ A status, ascribed or achieved, that is so important that a person organizes his or her life and social identity around it
What will be an ideal response?
master status
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The colony at Jamestown depended heavily on this Indian tribe for survival its first year
A) Powhatans B) Cayugas C) Mohawks D) Oneidas
"Ninety percent of dorm residents approved a proposed ban on smoking". This statement is an example of the use of
a. inferential statistics. b. univariate descriptive statistics. c. multivariate descriptive statistics. d. inductive statistics.
Symbolic interaction theory holds that illness is partly (although obviously not totally), a. due to changes in social structure
b. socially constructed. c. related to power elites in society. d. None of the answer choices are true.
When Jewish boys and girls are thirteen years old, they are considered to be "coming of age." The age of thirteen was chosen because it roughly coincides with physical puberty. Prior to the age of thirteen, parents are responsible for their children following Jewish law and tradition. After this age, the child is responsible. Boys celebrate a bar mitzvah and girls celebrate a bat mitzvah. This involves being called to read the Torah. In Emile Durkheim's view, what do the bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah represent?
A. a ritual B. a practice C. a degradation ceremony D. a sect