Professor Willard was interested in examining whether countries with higher GNPs tend to have more gangs than countries with lower GNPs. Willard's unit of analysis was
a. gangs.
b. GNPs.
c. countries.
d. individuals.
e. police departments.
C
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a. cheap and convenient. b. not requiring IRB and informed consent. c. life stories and qualitatively analyzed. d. unburdened by ethical concerns. e. none of these
What is the process by which schools pass a society's core values from one generation to the next?
A) cultural transmission of values
B) social integration of education
C) multiculturalism of society
D) social pluralism of culture
Why does the fact that most video games portray women as powerless or sexually objectified generate concern?
A) Media plays a role in socialization and such portrayals encourage beliefs in gender inequality. B) There is no concern, since sociologists have found that media has no effect on socialization. C) Women may be less interested in playing these games, and the industry will suffer losses. D) Women are unable to use the games to develop logic, reasoning, and motor reflexes.
In comparison with the types of diseases that caused deaths among older people in the United States in the nineteenth century, one of the major causes of death among people 65 years and older today is ________.
A. pneumonia B. tuberculosis C. cancer D. diphtheria