In their day-to-day lives, most people

A) have to consciously think about their cultural practices.
B) take the expectations of their culture for granted.
C) spend a lot of time questioning why they engage in certain behaviors.
D) ignore their own cultural traditions.

A broker may help a client obtain emergency food or housing.

If people go to the mall to buy things when they are feeling depressed,and the purchases make them feel good about themselves or their situation,they are engaging in:

A) rationalization
B) subculture
C) consumerism
D) culture
E) purchased identity

Frequent church attendance is more common among ____ than ____.

A) African Americans; whites.
B) whites; African Americans.
C) whites; racial minorities.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Queer theory, which recognizes the socially constructed nature of sexual identity,

A) views only one type of sexuality as normal.
B) interprets society as forcing sexual boundaries, or dichotomies, on people.
C) sees homosexuality as fixed in biology.
D) blames social institutions for a social misunderstanding of sexuality.

Almost all rape victims express their feelings inwardly and rarely display anger or seek revenge against their attackers.

Workers in the secondary labor market are routinely overworked and lack leisure,while workers in the primary labor market have abundant free time.

Which theory especially suggests that the main factors underlying population dynamics are industrialization and the growth of modern cultural values?

A) human ecology theory
B) demographic transition theory
C) Marxist theory
D) Malthusian theory
E) None of the above.

Role conflict occurs when two or more people with different roles interact.

A researcher believes that colder temperatures lead to more snowfall.The amount of snowfall is the ____ variable.

A) independent
B) dependent
C) spurious
D) sociological
E) all of these choices