Low-income families
a. spend a much larger proportion of their incomes on energy than do high-income groups.
b. consume more energy than high-income groups.
c. consume about the same amount of energy as high-income groups.
d. spend about 5 percent of their income on energy compared with 20 percent for high-income families.
Using __________ involves looking at people's behavior and attitudes in the context of the social forces that shape them.
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Sam wants to shoplift, but when he thinks about the reaction of his family and friends he stops himself. He is experiencing __________.
A) inner control systems
B) outer control systems
C) anomie
D) decrease of violence
A major result of capital flight has been
a. stronger unions.
b. increases in unemployment.
c. lower profits for corporations that relocate.
d. a more militant workforce.
Which is not a soft technology?
a. solar power
b. fossil fuels
c. wind power
d. waste product recycling
Vanessa wants to know about the safe-sex practices of the 4,000 students enrolled at her small, liberal arts college.
She obtains a complete list of the names and contact information of the 4,000 students from the campus Registration Office and selects 500 people from the list to participate in her study. Because every student at the college has an equal chance of being selected for this study, Vanessa has a(n) __________.
A) experimental group
B) random sample
C) population
D) field study
When families worked on farms and cooperated with one another, this helped to keep violence at a low level. This is __________.
A) anomie
B) social integration
C) containment theory
D) social acceptability
Two people agree to exchange sex for money. Although this is a crime in most places in the United States, sociologists think of this transaction as __________.
A) immoral
B) pornographic
C) victimless
D) morally offensive
Organizational hierarchies
a. help to return control of the workplace to workers.
b. help to solve problems of conflict between people of differing rank because it rewards those who have the greatest amount of creativity.
c. institutionalize inequalities in power.
d. foster equality in the distribution of income.
The idea that people who find sexual acts repugnant should not have to witness them is known as what kind of right?
A) Freedom of
B) Freedom from
C) Segregation
D) Privacy
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