If a parent threatens a child with punishment in order to discourage wrongdoing, the parent is using punishment to accomplish which of the following?

a. deterrence
b. retribution
c. social protection
d. rehabilitation


a. deterrence

Sociology

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What will be an ideal response?

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The first stage in the wheel theory of love is

A) mutual dependency. B) self-revelation. C) intimacy need fulfillment. D) rapport.

Sociology

What sociological concept is the idea that if someone defines a situation as real it is real in its consequences?

A. the Thomas theorem B. functionalism C. symbolic interaction D. structure

Sociology

The number of years that a couple has been happily married is an example of

a. nominal level data b. ordinal level data c. interval-ratio level data d. ordinary level data

Sociology