According to the ______, humans are fundamentally self-interested and make rational decisions based on analysis of potential costs and rewards.
A. symbolic interaction theory
B. rational choice theory
C. conflict theory
D. structural-functional theory
Answer: B
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The sociological insight into socially constrained behavior is that
a. such constraints are sacred. b. these constraints are unchangeable. c. such behavior can be reconstructed. d. this behavior approximates social reification.
"Profiling" refers to __________
A) racism that is tolerated by social institutions and affects many different types of people B) overt acts of hostility committed by individuals to harm other individuals C) the problem of police targeting (and sometimes savagely mistreating) minorities D) the stereotypical features given to minority suspects by police sketch artists
Among U.S. seniors, the gender gap in income ________
a. does not exist. b. is much smaller than it is for the population as a whole. c. is greater than it is for the population as a whole. d. is the same as it is for the population as a whole.
Older persons of color have
a. less incidence of hospitalization. b. shorter hospital stays. c. shorter life expectancy. d. longer life expectancy.