Our behavior is regulated by the degree to which we are attached to major social institutions. This defines which theoretical perspective?
A. differential association theory
B. rational choice theory
C. strain theory
D. control theory
Answer: D
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A. social change B. social movements C. social variations D. social transfer
We have used an alpha of 0.01 to estimate the average hours of television viewing for residents in a retirement home. What is the chance that our interval estimate does not contain the true population mean?
a. 99% b. 10% c. 1% d. 1/10 of 1%
Herbert Marcuse challenged Max Weber by claiming that modern societies
a. are much too rational. b. are irrational because they fail to meet most people's needs. c. have made great strides in reducing inequality. d. have little effect on the individual.
The paternalistic, oppressive systems used to control the labor of minority groups in the ______ system were abolished and replaced by competitive systems of group relations.
A. industrial B. agrarian C. postindustrial D. horticultural E. pastoral