The theoretical perspective that views social life as similar to performances staged in a theater is called_______________?
A. impression management
B. the Thomas theorem
C. the looking -glass self
D. the dramaturgical approach
A. impression management
B. the Thomas theorem
C. the looking -glass self
D. the dramaturgical approach
A. Subcultures
B. Counter Cultures
C. Relative Cultures
D. None of these
A. refers to new forms of social disintegration
B. is the adjustment gap between material and nonmaterial culture?
C. occurs when the dominant group forces change upon the subordinate group which lags behind
D. is society’s way of avoiding the social problems that ensue from social change
A. community service
B. imprisonment
C. electronic tagging
D. curfews
A. human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate
B. sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected
C. it removes the need to assess a theory according the empirical evidence
D. innumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology
A. conflict theory
B. Structural functionalism
C. role theory
D. None of these
A. movement into a different occupational category over a person’s lifetime
B. movement into different occupational categories between generations
C. movement into a higher occupational category
D. movement into an occupation that generates a lower income