Aaron grew up in a violent urban area. Todd grew up in a non-violent suburban area. Subcultural theory suggests that __________.
A) Aaron has a greater chance than Todd of being violent.
B) Todd has a greater chance than Aaron of becoming violent
C) Aaron and Todd are equally likely to be violent
D) neither Aaron nor Todd will be violent
Militant action by ordinary workers in the 1930s led
a. most prominent capitalists and allied politicians to oppose all labor unions or similar organizations.
b. prominent capitalists and allied politicians to see a certain type of union as a way of creating labor peace.
c. some prominent capitalists and allied politicians to accept collective bargaining as a way of stopping more racial worker movements.
d. b and c above.
Within the first year after the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) was passed,
a. the EPA had issued uniform cleanup standards for toxic dumps, as required by SARA.
b. the EPA had discontinued the use of cleanup technologies already proven ineffective.
c. government funds were provided to communities to hire independent consultants to evaluate EPA cleanups (as required by SARA).
d. only one-third of the final cleanup plans approved by the EPA complied with SARA's requirements.
Ami wants to gain in-depth information about how women experience homelessness. Ami should use __________.
A) field studies
B) case studies
C) experiments
D) surveys
Vivian views pornography as a sin and immoral. She represents what point of view __________.
A) conflict perspective
B) feminist
C) religious conservative
D) liberal
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, strikes were
a. frequently put down by force by police and private guards.
b. unnecessary because unions had strong negotiating power.
c. strictly avoided by workers because of the threats of management.
d. usually unsuccessful in winning concessions for workers.
Mrs. Hibaji does not like her son's friends because they are ex-convicts. She tells her son that if he continues to hang around them, he will probably end up serving time in prison like them. Mrs. Hibaji's views are in line with __________.
A) containment theory
B) control theory
C) frustrationaggression theory of violence
D) differential association
The environmental policy of the Reagan administrations of the 1980s was to
a. pass strict regulations to control pollution.
b. make the EPA more responsive to the needs of industry.
c. involve government more directly with the needs of workers.
d. vigorously enforce existing pollution control laws.
In Denmark and Japan, what happened when they made the sale of hard-core pornography legal?
A) Sexual abuse in families increased.
B) Sex crimes against children dropped.
C) The incidence of rape increased dramatically.
D) They saw decreases in use of prostitutes.
April's new friends believe that it is perfectly acceptable to hit another person if that person has said something insulting. Because the attitudes that surround April support violence, this illustrates __________.
A) modeling
B) excess of definitions
C) behavior modification
D) anomie
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