Which of the following statements about higher education today is true?
a. Men earn the most bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees.
b. Women enroll in STEM programs more than in any other major.
c. Men enroll in the social sciences more than in any other major.
d. Women earn the most bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees.
Answer: D
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a. sensorimotor stage b. preoperational stage c. concrete operational stage d. formal operational stage
Sally grew up in the middle class. For school, she volunteered at a soup kitchen and, for the first time, met individuals her own age who had grown up in poverty. Instead of dismissing these individuals as lazy, she sought to understand what social forces worked to shape her life differently from those she met at the soup kitchen. This is an example of
A. doing sociology. B. a social viewpoint. C. everyday sociology. D. the sociological perspective.
When a bully comes into a town and threatens harmony, the residents band together in order to oppose the threat. This illustrates which function of deviance?
a. Deviance clarifying rules b. Deviance uniting a group c. Deviance promoting social change d. Deviance preventing social change
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a. of civil disobedience b. the government continued to sell alcohol c. the religiosity that once supported such a law vanished after World War I d. people were allowed to distill their own alcoholic beverages