Which term is used in the sociological literature to describe a loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective?
A. anomie
B. neutralization
C. cultural transmission
D. disobedience
A. anomie
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A human embryo is definitively either ‘male’ or ‘female’ beginning at the moment of conception. 2. Studies of interaction between parents and infants have shown significant differences in parental interactions with male and female children. 3. The first US public sexologist was Dr. 4. Schemas are cognitive mental structures (i.e.: organized patterns of thought) that we use to categorize the information we receive through our five senses. 5. A study by Garcia-Falgueras and Swaab (2009) provided strong evidence that both gender identity and sexual orientation are strongly influenced by a child’s social environment and primary socialization.
Your professor receives a promotion when she publishes a journal article within her body of expertise, instead of the promotion going to the department chair's brother-in-law who used to be a cashier but could really use the money. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?
A. hierarchy of authority B. division of labor C. employment based on technical qualifications D. impersonality
____ percent of all school age children are classifies as learning disabled.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).