Compare and contrast social exchange theory with network analysis.

What will be an ideal response?


Network theory has much in common with rational choice theory, although it rejects the assumption of the rationality of human actors and tends to focus more on the links rather than exchanges.

Sociology

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Organic solidarity is founded on similarity

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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_____ percent of all people over age 65 in the United States draw Social Security benefits

a. Seventy-five b. Eighty c. Eighty-five d. Ninety

Sociology

Single-parent families have been maligned for causing juvenile delinquency, poverty, and a host of other social problems. List at least three difficulties with such a sweeping generalization

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Which of the following conclusions is correct?

a. Employment is spread relatively evenly across small, medium and large firms. b. Recent research has shown that most employment is in small firms. c. Small firms are responsible for the creation of two thirds of all permanent new jobs in the U.S. d. Workers in large firms report higher morale. e. Workers in small firms have better fringe benefits.

Sociology