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1. In Harriet Martineau's first book on methods, the social institution of marriage is criticized as: a. based on an assumption of the inferiority of men. b reinforcing compulsory heterosexuality. . c. based on an assumption of the inferiority of women. d perpetuating social class stratification. . 1. Positivism is best defined as: a. the effect of religion on social institutions and the individuals within them. b. the relationship between scientific and religious social institutio...

sociological imagination - ANSWERSa term coined by C. Wright Mills. The ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. "The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in h...

POST EXAM PRACTICE TEST 284 Questions with Verified Answers Subjects of an interrogation are witnesses and victims who are willing to provide police with information they possess about a matter under investigation - CORRECT ANSWER F Simple Robbery is the taking of anything of value belonging to another form the person of another by the use of force or intimidation while armed with a firearm - CORRECT ANSWER F A batter "under the color of law" can result in a civil rights lawsuit. - CO...

WGU C273 Introduction to Sociology Objective Assessment WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS UPDATED 2023 DOWNLOAD TO SCORE A+ Who was the founder of conflict theory? - (answer)Karl Marx (1818 - 1883, theory) First professor and author of "Suicide" (1897) - (answer)Emile Durkheim (1858 - 1917, author) Coined term "Bureaucracy" - (answer)Max Weber (1864 - 1920) coined term? "Principles of Sociology" (1876) first text book - (answer)Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) Coined term "sociology" (1838) - (a...

Soc 1 quizzes Questions and Answers A Emerging technologies that have a significant impact on social life such as the emergence of computers, satellites, and the electronic media are referred to as . New technology A Although computers were well established by the 1990s as efficient, cost effective, and user friendly many people refused to learn how to use them or to adapt to the emerging technology. This was an example of what William Ogburn would refer to as . Cultural lag A Helpf...

WGU C273 Introduction to Sociology Objective Assessment WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS UPDATED 2023 DOWNLOAD TO SCORE A+ Who was the founder of conflict theory? - (answer)Karl Marx (1818 - 1883, theory) First professor and author of "Suicide" (1897) - (answer)Emile Durkheim (1858 - 1917, author) Coined term "Bureaucracy" - (answer)Max Weber (1864 - 1920) coined term? "Principles of Sociology" (1876) first text book - (answer)Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) Coined term "sociology" (1838) - (a...