Which of the following would be consideredpart of the sociological imagination?
A. recognizing the larger social forces that shape individual lives
B. seeing the connections between biology and history
C. emphasizing explanations that focus on the individual
D. making connections between personal troubles and personal behaviors
Answer: A
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According to Karl Marx, the ruling class exploits the subordinate class because the ruling class:
A) aims to retain power B) does not return to it just rewards for its labor C) creates structural unemployment D) keeps it from significant political participation
The child's earliest sense of his or her own masculinity or femininity is his or her
a. core gender identity. b. process of sexual differentiation. c. socially assigned sex. d. ultimate sexual orientation.
Researchers at the University of Duke Falls, Miami, Florida, USA, want to test a new drug on some of their participants. Most of the participants who have volunteered speak English only as a second language and often times very poorly. The researchers are, however, unsure of the side effects of the drug that is being tested. To confirm to the ethical standards required for such research, which of the following best describes what the researchers must do?
a. Ask persons to participate and then conduct the test. b. Inform the participants of the risks. c. Do nothing; the drug is to benefit the society, so it is great they are participating in the test. d. Inform the participants of the risks in a language they can all understand.
Which of the following types of institutional discrimination refers to practices from the past that may no longer be allowed, but continue to have consequences for people in the present?
A. scapegoating B. past-in-present discrimination C. institutional racism D. side-effect discrimination