Give an example of a current event that has manifest and latent functions. Describe the event and then both functions.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Description of an event
2. Immediate or intended consequences are the manifest functions
3. Later or unintended consequences are the latent functions
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Risman believes that gender is important
a. on the individual level. b. on the interactional level. c. on the institutional level. d. all of the above e. none of the above
Which of the following is an element of postcolonial thought?
a. The focus on contemporary colonialism overlooks the egregious atrocities of the past. b. The roles of culture, knowledge, and representation have been overemphasized in the construction of the colonial world and its inhabitants. c. The West empowered its own image through encounters with colonized peoples. d. The postmodern deconstruction of knowledge failed to yield colonialist knowledge.
The likelihood a person will be arrested for a street crime rises sharply ________
a. during the late teenage years. b. in the late twenties. c. during the middle thirties. d. over age forty.
Julia is the fourth of five children. When she started college, her parents told her she would have to get a job to help pay for her education. Julia's parents are an example of
a.) poor family planning. b.) the resource dilution model. c.) savvy responders to a failed education system. d.) the inevitable response of families on the welfare system.