Sue says, "I stole the woman's purse because I had just lost my job and her purse was right there…" Sue's explanation for her crime fits best with which of the following theories?
a. social conflict theory
b. differential association theory
c. containment theory
d. general strain theory
d
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a. Zone 1 b. Zone 2 c. Zone 3 d. Zone 4
Digital technology is listed as a new social science meant for studying the digitization of the global world in the twenty-first century.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
As a result of managed care, patients __________
A) have a more personalized health care experience B) often are unable to see the same doctor C) have a better relationship with their doctors D) have more autonomy
Which of the following describes the ethnomethodological analysis of conversations?
a. Examinations of casual settings like the home. b. Examinations of how people perform official tasks and thereby constituting social structures, formal rules and official procedures. c. Examinations of social reality through normative violations. d. Examinations of how interactions are accomplished utilizing internal constraints.