Social structures sometimes have negative consequences for the operation of society as a whole. What is the term for these negative consequences?
a. social structure
b. manifest functions
c. social functions
d. social dysfunctions
d
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U.S. business organizations differ from those a century ago because
a. today's organizations grant less creative autonomy. b. today's organizations use more competitive work teams. c. today's organizations have a steeper pyramid shape. d. today's organizations have less flexibility.
In a 1999 government poll of expectant mothers in India, the majority of mothers preferred girls.
Indicate whether the statament is true or false.
In the context of a glass escalator, men in female-dominated occupations:
A) ?work long hours but are paid less.
B) ?move up to supervisory positions more quickly than do females.
C) ?perform better than their colleagues.
D) ?have little scope of success than do men in male-dominated occupations.
E) ?use unethical methods to achieve success in a short period.
Through the process of ______, we learn the values and orientations of the statuses we will likely enter in the future.
A. anticipatory socialization B. role recognition C. the looking-glass self D. the generalized other