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sociology Test 2

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show The internet  
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The way the members of an audience interpret the media is often influenced by social characteristics such as occupation, race, education and income   show
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show 3 out of 100  
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Which sociological perspective is more likely to study the meadows influence on society from the micro level to determine how social behavior is shaped?   show
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The function of media advertising is to support the economy, provide information about products, and underwrite costs associated with   show
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The term media monitoring is used most often to refer to   show
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The process by which relatively small number of people control what eventually reaches the audience is referred to as   show
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show cultural convergence  
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show False  
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Around the world, the introduction of new technology has created new social norms   show
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show Conflict perspective  
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show Women are often portrayed as being in need of rescue by males  
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Twenty-two percent of viewers who watch the super bowl do so only for the commercials   show
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show Narcotizing dysfunction  
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The increase in the use of mass media, specifically electronic media, has allowed for abuses of personal privacy   show
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show True  
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show Pioneered the study of opinion leaders in his research on violating behavior in the 1940's  
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show Newspapers and immigrants  
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Which sociologist pioneered research on opinion leaders   show
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show The process by which a group, organization, or social movment becomes increasingly bureaucratic  
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Role exit is defined as   show
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The PRIMARY group is a small group that is   show
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show False  
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show True  
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Gender is an ascribed status   show
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show Out-group  
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show Functionalist perspective  
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Which term is used to refer to incompatible expectations that arise when the same person hold two or more social positions   show
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Which of the following is likely to be a primary group   show
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Which of the following is true of obesity in regards to social ties?   show
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show sociocultural evolution  
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show a series of social relationships that link a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.  
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Which type of group is most important for socialization?   show
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show the members of the United Nations General Assembly  
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show functionalist perspective  
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show the ways in which people respond to one another.  
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The term social control refers to   show
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show formal social control.  
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In Robert Merton's terms, people who overzealously and cruelly enforce bureaucratic regulations can be classified as   show
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show conflict perspective  
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show corporal punishment  
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Control theory states that we   show
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Crime is a violation of   show
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Crime that occurs across multiple national borders is known as   show
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Which sociologist created an interactionist/conflict explanation of deviance that emphasizes that the response to an act—not the behavior—determines deviance?   show
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show functionalist perspective  
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Which sociological perspective would be particularly concerned about studies that show that White criminal offenders receive shorter sentences than comparable Latino and African American offenders?   show
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The most common adaptation in Robert Merton's anomie theory of deviance is   show
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show the punishments established within a culture help to define acceptable behavior and thus contribute to social stability.  
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show described five types of deviance.  
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show victimless crimes.  
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show white-collar crime.  
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Which sociological perspective would most likely be concerned with the stigmatizing nature of formal social controls that require convicted sex offenders to register with police agencies and have their pictures published in newspapers to make their identi   show
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According to crime statistics, hate crime focus most frequently on which of the following?   show
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show compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.  
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Which of the following is true of white-collar crime?   show
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