In recent years, the car manufacturer Volkswagen admitted to installing software in their vehicles that would help more cars pass tests for environmental emissions standards. This is an example of __________.

A) a misdemeanor
B) probation
C) white-collar crime
D) property crime


C) white-collar crime

Sociology

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While attending a prestigious lecture at a New York City museum, Bob noisily belches several times and grossly picks his nose. He is violating

A. mores. B. laws. C. informal norms. D. formal norms.

Sociology

Because Kareem's mother and father both have good jobs as attorneys, he is able to attend a private school and then attend an expensive college.This situation is an example of

a. life chances. b. matrix of domination. c. racial hierarchy. d. personality differences.

Sociology

In a(n) _____, a researcher directly asks respondents a series of questions.

A. experiment B. nonprobability sample C. scientific method D. interview E. observation study

Sociology

Hochschild describes the reason more women pay for manicures rather than doing it themselves as an example of the "__________ of intimate life"

a. expansion b. publicization c. disregard d. commercialization

Sociology