FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SYG UNIT 2 DRILLS

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SYG UNIT 2 DRILLS

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-Guarantee passing score -100 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: hank lives in a society that believes in the acceptance of rules, efficiency, and practical results. frank lives in a society that believes in customs and close personal relationships. which society is more likely to be industrialized

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the society that believes in rules, efficiency, and practical results will be industrialized Question 2: patti sue is having difficulty adjusting to george, the new office supervisor. george is quite a "bean counter" and has shown a great deal of insensitivity toward everyone in the office. what action will the office workers take

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all the affected office workers will develop a greater sense of solidarity Question 3: based on weber's research, which religious denomination was slow in accepting capitalism and dedicated to the acceptance of tradition

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roman catholicism

Question 4: what is a group's formal and informal means of enforcing norms called

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social control Question 5: the experience of being cut off from the product of one's labor, which results in a feeling of powerlessness, is called _____

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alienation Question 6: the early theorist who proposed that religious beliefs are the key to whether or not a society embraces capitalism was _____

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max weber Question 7: what was the specific protestant theology that influenced max weber's theories of social change and the development of the spirit of capitalism

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calvinism Question 8: dr. zak is trying to determine what traits, if any, high-achieving students have that students who do poorly on his exams do not possess. to assess personal information from both groups of students, what research method should dr. zak probably use

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a survey Question 9: ritualistic procedures intended to humiliate norm violators and mark them as being moral outcasts of the group to which they once belonged are called _____

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degradation ceremonies Question 10: michael is going to survey members of the gay and lesbian student union. to be most successful and receive the most valid responses, what should michael do

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michael should begin the questionnaire by asking neutral questions

Question 11: the kkk, march of dimes, and boy scouts all have specific objectives that guide their operations. even though their respective activities and membership rosters indicate significant differences, all three would share the classification of being

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formal organizations Question 12: which of the following theories of deviance is least associated with sociobiology

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social learning theory: we learn deviance from our peers

Question 13: what term best applies to people who share a culture and a territory

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a society Question 14: sam feels he cannot handle the responsibilities of his latest promotion. in an effort to keep his newly acquired job title, sam has begun to take credit for the work done by the employees he supervises. sam's behavior is an example of

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the Peter principle Question 15: which research method involves collecting data by having people answer a series of questions

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survey Question 16: one of the first theorists to argue that the adoption of capitalism is responsible for the decline of traditional orientations to social life was _____

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karl marx Question 17: a researcher is asking questions of a serious nature, and a respondent gives only "socially acceptable" answers. this is an example of

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interviewer bias

Question 18: what is the key feature of postindustrial societies as it relates to the work force

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the transmission and use of information services dominates the work force Question 19: explanations for deviance that focus on genetic predispositions to explain why individuals commit deviant acts are most aligned with which discipline

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sociobiology Question 20: with the domestication of plants and animals, a number of significant social changes occured. all of the following represent one of these changes, EXCEPT for which one

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societies became more egalitarian Question 21: which sociologist is given credit for coining the concept of the "mcdonaldization of society"

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george ritzer Question 22: when the former soviet union collapsed, nato forces were no longer needeed to protect europe from a communist invasion. rather than disband nato, it was turned into a "rapid response force" to fight terrorism. sociologists would call this shift in focus

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goal displacement Question 23: some social analysts believe that postindustrial society will be followed by a biotech society. such a society would be characterized by

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an economy centering around the application of genetic structures Question 24: erving goffman used the term _____ to refer to characteristics that discredit people

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stigma