Summarize the major elements of the conflict perspective: the elite models of power and political systems.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2State the major elements of the functionalist perspective: the pluralist model of power and political systems.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3Resocialization, the process of learning a new and different set of attitudes, values, and behaviors from those in one's background and previous experiences, is strictly voluntary and never involuntary.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4According to functionalists, acts of civil disobedience (including lunch counter sit-ins and bus boycotts) exemplify which function of deviance?
a. Deviance clarifies rules.
b. Deviance unites a group.
c. Deviance promotes social change.
d. Deviance prevents social chaos.
Question 5Older adults in industrialized societies experience social devaluationwherein a person or group is considered to have less social value than other persons or groups.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 6A group of protestors appeals their arrest on the grounds that police officers overstepped their authority. The case goes to court. This scenario best illustrates which of these functions of deviance?
a. Deviance clarifies rules.
b. Deviance unites a group.
c. Deviance promotes social change.
d. Deviance prevents social chaos.
Question 7Compare and contrast governments characterized by monarchy, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and democracy.
What will be an ideal response?
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