Max is a man living in Detroit whose father worked in an auto industry manufacturing plant building spark plugs for cars. After the plant closed, his father was laid off, and he had to drop out of college because the family could no longer afford the education expenses. Max is now trying to work and live in Detroit, but has few employment prospects that pay enough for him to support himself. When

situations like this are widespread, Max and others like him are more likely to __________.

A) commit crimes to support themselves
B) move out of parents’ homes sooner than they would have planned
C) opt for early retirement so they can collect Social Security
D) deny assistance from social service agencies as a way to help make ends meet


A) commit crimes to support themselves

Sociology

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A) rural area B) suburban area C) metropolitan area D) new urban sprawl

Sociology

The functionalist argument that an abundance of specialists encourages the use of expensive and sophisticated treatments when simpler ones would be just as effective refers to the issue of __________

a. professional dominance b. restricted entry c. information d. norms of treatment e. misallocated supply

Sociology

Black men in the South took advantage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution which allowed them to ______.

A. get jobs B. marry C. adopt children D. vote

Sociology

The narcotizing dysfunction can desensitize an audience to suffering and can influence the degree to which that audience might conclude that a solution to a crisis has already been found.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology