The United States is characterized by universal suffrage.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Question 2The text defines deviance as:
a. behaviors defined as aberrant by powerful moral leaders.
b. a violation of a formal statute enacted by a legitimate government.
c. serious violation of consistent moral codes.
d. behavior, beliefs, or conditions that are viewed by relatively powerful segments of society to be serious violations of important norms
Question 3Which of the following is a valid conclusion regarding the definition of defiance?
a. Behavior is defined as deviant when it is an intentional act.
b. People are not regarded as deviant if they express a radical or unusual belief system.
c. Having a condition such as a handicap is not regarded as deviant.
d. Definitions of deviance vary from place to place, from time to time, and from group to group.
Question 4An analysis of how religion supports the interests of a society's elites would fall under which of the following theoretical approaches?
a. structural-functional approach
b. symbolic-interaction approach
c. social-conflict approach
d. social-exchange approach
Question 5We may consume mass media within __________ communities, groups that help convey the preferred meaning of mass media texts, offering subtle or not-so-subtle rewards or punishments for correct or incorrect meanings.
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Question 6In 1972 Marshall McLuhan predicted that the rise of worldwide electronic media would bring the world closer together, in what he called a(n) __________ __________.
Fill in the blank with correct word