Capital punishment is a highly effective deterrent against murder
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
F
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According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is to
a. help integrate a troubled patient into the outside world. b. give a person greater choices about how to live. c. radically alter a person's personality or behavior. d. encourage lifelong learning in a supervised context.
Social assets that children gain from their home life and bring with them to the classroom are
a. natural skills. b. the hidden curriculum. c. cultural capital. d. proof of inequality.
Which of the following is not true about depression, based on estimates for 2004?
a) It is difficult to estimate, since, unlike an amputated arm, a person can move from being depressed to being not depressed. b) It is the leading cause of years of lived disabled in high-income countries. c) It is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years in high-income countries. d) A higher percentage of people over age 60 than under age 60 are depressed.
You are the coach of a little league baseball team. You decide that it would be a good idea to teach the players about social roles. Which of the following examples is the clearest example of a role?
a. The team that hits more baseballs tends to win. b. The job of the catcher is to catch the ball and throw it back to the pitcher. c. Players who hit more home runs are usually liked better by their teammates. d. Some kids prefer to play with grass in the outfield rather than pay attention to game play.