Social reality is constructed from
What will be an ideal response?
-a particular group's power within a society
-the ability of the dominant group to define the society's values
-social interaction
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What might be a legitimate reason for objecting to the type of exercises Garfinkel assigned?
a. The assignments have nothing to do with sociology. b. The assignments are too much fun. c. The assignments are too boring. d. The assignments might get students in trouble.
In research, to generalize one's findings to a total population, what is the most important quality that the sample must possess?
A) It must include at least 25 percent of the total population. B) It must be representative of the total population. C) It must consist of people who are selected and people who volunteer. D) It must be quantitative in order to make comparisons.
Which of the following is a potential harmful impact of the legal definition of family differing from sociological definitions?
a. The lesbian partner of a woman in a car crash is unable to visit her partner or learn details of her partner’s condition. b. The adopted child of gay couple is teased at school. c. A child has four mothers. d. The legal definition of family is the same as sociological definitions.
Acts of racial profiling are
A. always illegal. B. often initiated by law enforcement officers. C. generally opposed by the American public. D. generally opposed by law enforcement officials.