Which of the following is an example of the norm of reciprocity in action?
a. Joe buys his new infant son a baseball glove.
b. Penny gives Margaret a ride to school all semester, so Margaret types Penny's term paper.
c. Joe buys himself an ice cream cone.
d. Margot yells at Rob after he yells at her.
b
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A key evolutionary concept for Parsons was that of evolutionary universals. These are
a. social innovations that allow a society to undergo adaptive upgrading b. social innovations that spread to every single society on earth c. philosophical breakthroughs d. features that all societies have but that aid the functioning of only some
Discrimination against an ethnic subpopulation that is systematic and legitimated by cultural symbols while being built into the structure of social relations in a society is an example of:
a. hate b. institutionalized discrimination c. prejudice d. prejudice and hate e. none of the above
Pre-industrial societies in which parents are warm towards their children
a. tend to place less importance on boys, but not girls, being competitive. b. tend to place less importance on girls, but not boys, being competitive. c. tend to place less importance on boys and girls being competitive. d. place the same importance on competitiveness as other societies.
Travis Hirschi's control theory suggests that the category of people most likely to engage in deviance is ________
a. students enrolled in college. b. teenagers on sports teams with after-school jobs. c. youngsters who "hang out" waiting for something to happen. d. young people with respect for their parents.