According to Merton’s typology of deviance, which of the following would be a deviant reaction to strain?

A. conformity
B. innovation
C. obedience
D. rationalism


Ans: B

Sociology

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One way to increase the power of a planned study by altering the amount of variance within each of the two distributions is to:

A) use the variance of the experimental group instead of the variance from the comparison distribution B) plan to exclude any scores in the sample that are not outliers C) use more precise measures D) reduce the number of items on any questionnaires employed

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Which of the following is not a master trend about work in the 1990s presented by Hodson and Sullivan?

a. the increased movement of women into the workplace b. increased competition in the world economy c. bureaucratization of worklife d. the spread of micro-processor technology in the workplace e. all of the above are major trends among workplaces in the U.S.

Sociology

Schutz’s lifeworld is considered to be an intersubjective world; this means

a. we all share the same material world as others. b. we all share the same consciousness. c. we all must negotiate an objective world. d. we all only know our own world.

Sociology

According to Kellner, the spread of technology has helped to spread

a. global capitalism b. global socialism c. global communism d. all of the above

Sociology