Which of the following is NOT one of the major stages that most social problems seem to go through, as identified by Spector and Kitsuse?
a. legal invasion
b. problem definition
c. legitimacy
d. re-emergence of demands
e. rejection and institution building
a
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Sociologist C. Wright Mills states that the _____emphasizes the connection betweenpersonal troubles and structural issues.
A. historical perspective B. sociological imagination C. enigmatic perspective D. enigmatic behavior E. conventional wisdom
According to Weston, people who equated their adoption of a lesbian or gay identity with a renunciation of family did so in the double-sided sense of: a. fearing rejection by the families in which they had grown up, and not expecting to marryor have children as adults
b. fearing acceptance by the families in which they had grown up and choosing not to havechildren. c. fearing rejection by co-workers and not having a family to rely upon. d. fearing a life of loneliness and wanting acceptance from the family.
Which of the following events was a turning point that allowed many Mexican gardeners to establish their own businesses in the United States?
a. The election of Barack Obama because he immediately upon taking office made any Mexican working in this country a legal citizen. b. Changes in the labor laws in California that made it easier for any entrepreneur to establish his own business, without references or bank accounts. c. The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) in 1986, which offered amnesty/legalization to any formerly undocumented immigrant acted as a catalyst to allow these people to work legally. d. Changes in the child labor laws, because previously very young children were working as gardeners, and when the government made it impossible for these youngsters to work legally it opened the field to older people.
The text points out that all societies have the ________ of marriage, which is a societal way of regulating heterosexual relationships.
A. habit B. ritual C. institution D. tradition