Which of the following is an ascribed status ?
A. daughter
B. long-distance runner
C. doctor
D. each of the above
A. daughter
B. long-distance runner
C. doctor
D. each of the above
A. All small groups are primary groups
B. All small groups are secondary groups
C. Many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships of primary groups
D. both b and c
A. a meeting
B. an event
C. a moment
D. an Encounter
A. fear of reprisal
B. dislike of the police
C. too trivial for the police
D. best dealt with privately
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. each of the above
A. Lenski argues that evolution depends largely on changes in a society’s level of technology and made of economic production
B. Social Darwinists like Spencer see evolution as inevitably leading to the downfall of society
C. Contemporary approaches take a unilinear view of evolution and assume all change equals progress
D. Parsons suggested that societies tend become simpler over time
A. view “sickness” as a condition to which we attach socially devised meanings
B. are not interested in how the medical profession defines certain conditions as diseases
C. refer to the rising geriatric prisoner population in need of medical treatment as the “medicalization of deviance
D. none of the above