_____ holds that if an individual associates with people who hold deviant ideas more than with those who embrace conventional ideas, the individual is likely to become deviant.

a) Control theory
b) Differential Association
c) Anomie-Strain
d) All Positivist theories


Answer: b) Differential Association

Sociology

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While whites are more likely to see prejudice in terms of individual behavior, blacks are more likely to see prejudice in terms of institutional behavior

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Sociology

According to some authorities on the subject, although __________ violence is seldom discussed, it is perhaps the most common form of violence

(a) sibling (b) elderly (c) homosexual (d) domestic

Sociology

The scientific process can BEST be viewed as:

a. an arrow that goes straight from hypothesis to data to generalization. b. a frame which allows us to better see the meaning of data. c. a precision instrument which allows us to separate theory from fact. d. a wheel that moves continuously from theory to data and back again.

Sociology

Sociologists use the term __________ to refer to the practice of judging all other cultures by one's own culture, assuming that one's own way of life is superior to all others.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology