When the goals of an individual are accepted and the means of attaining the goals are made available to him or her via the social structure, Merton termed this as _____
a. innovation
b. conformity
c. ritualism
d. retreatism
b
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a. Media portrayed families as always being two-parent nuclear families, while most families were single-parent families in reality. b. Media portrayed families as single-parent families headed by men, while most single-parent families were headed by women in reality. c. Media portrayed divorce as the common reason for most single-parent families, while death was the most common reason in reality. d. Media portrayed high levels of poverty and inaccessibility to resources in poor families, while families were not so poor in reality.
From a conflict point of view, whenever someone answers the race question on an application or survey they are supporting the system of racial classification
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Sociologists are rejected by those in power largely because they do not use mathematical models to test their theories
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following sociological perspectives on religion emphasizes religion as a source of social integration and unification?
A. functionalist perspective B. interactionist perspective C. feminist perspective D. conflict perspective