Which perspective asserts that definitions of appropriate sexual behavior will always be in flux because until people attach meaning to something, words are merely sounds and human acts merely behavior, neither appropriate nor inappropriate?
A) The conflict perspective
B) The feminist perspective
C) The common sense perspective
D) The symbolic interactionist perspective
To study the impact of pornography, President Ronald Reagan appointed __________.
A) the National Commission on Obscenity and Pornography
B) Lollitots and Moppets
C) the Meese Commission
D) the Free Speech Coalition
White-collar occupations
a. are desired by many manual workers for their children as an escape from a boring, repetitive, and exhausting work world.
b. have proven highly rewarding to the children of manual laborers because of the creative and challenging character of such jobs.
c. include a high and increasing percentage of prestigious, well-paid positions.
d. usually require a college education.
Recent research has found that generally
a. women are more dissatisfied with their working conditions than are men.
b. men are more dissatisfied with their working conditions that are women.
c. large numbers of workers are unhappy, bored, scared, or quietly hurting in their jobs.
d. black and Latino workers tend to be less critical of their working conditions than are whites.
Pollution of surface waters, such as rivers, oceans, streams, and lakes
a. is one of the easiest kinds of pollution to prevent because the waterways are visible to everyone.
b. creates social costs in the form of lost recreational areas, dead and contaminated sea food, lost jobs in the fishing industry, and contamination of drinking water.
c. has declined substantially since 1940 because of the ban on DDT.
d. declined over the decade of the 1980s because of strict enforcement of pollution control laws.
The soldiers who show bravery in battle receive medals to wear on their uniforms. The giving of these medals to reward a certain type of behavior is an example of __________.
A) anomie
B) reinforcement
C) modeling
D) patriarchy
Some societies downplay violence while others encourage it. This shows __________.
A) that some societies are more primitive than others
B) that people are biologically different
C) the role that the social environment plays
D) that some people are liars
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is legal to possess computer-generated images of children in sex acts in the case of __________.
A) Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
B) California v. Miller
C) Roth v. United States
D) Renton v. Playtime Theatres
The ways of doing research are known as __________.
A) documents
B) methods
C) values
D) personal troubles
Toxic waste dump sites within the United States
a. have been closely monitored by the United States government agencies over the past several decades.
b. pose no threat to public health today.
c. are rapidly being cleaned up.
d. have polluted ground water, emitted toxic fumes, and cause major fires.
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