Describe how environmental sociologists look at natural communities and human communities to examine population growth, urbanization, and climate change.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies
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Life chances refer to
A) The randomness of people's position in the social hierarchy B) People's ability to access the material and social resources that correspond to quality of life. C) The likelihood of obtaining an ascribed rather than achieved status in a society with an open stratification system D) The chance of being born into any particular socio-cultural system
Infant mortality in the U.S. decreased from 2002 to 2004 because rates in all 50 states declined
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Nimby did an evaluation research study of the impact of after-school programs within schools on the delinquency rates of pre-teens. As part of his study, he examined the changes in availability of after-school programs outside of schools as well as changes in enforcement of delinquency laws. This analysis of factors outside his specific evaluation research design is known as
a. measuring experimental contexts. b. doing social indicators research. c. doing time-series analysis. d. doing cost-benefit research. e. doing field research
In their research on the procedure for conducting pelvic examinations, James Henslin and Mae Briggs employed the dramaturgical approach in order to show how:
a. female patients are exploited by doctors b. the patient-doctor relationship is based on distrust and conflict c. the situation is defined in such a way as to prevent embarrassment d. the status of the physician determines the definition of the situation