Aging is:
a. an acute stressor.
b. a normative stressor.
c. an external stressor.
d. a volitional stressor.
B
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A common danger of institutionalization is ________, which happens when the goal of maintaining the formal structure of the movement's organization supersedes the original goals of the social movement
a. social integration b. goal displacement c. formalization d. bureaucratization
The term for people with whom we have primary relationships and those in our primary groups is __________
a. personal others b. significant others c. formal others d. generalized others
For losers the ecological effects of war include all of those below EXCEPT:
a. forced move to other geographical locations b. economic subjugation c. imposition of a foreign language and culture d. increased birth rates
The strength or seriousness of social sanctions is
A. harsh regardless of how strictly the norm is held. B. generally lighter for violations of folkways than violations of mores. C. unrelated to the type of norm that is violated. D. not something that sociologists consider in the study of norm violations.