Imagine that your mother recently retired after 35 years working as an accountant.She has been feeling bored,old,and "at loose ends." She asks your advice for what she should do now that she isn't working every day.How would functionalists and symbolic interactionalists answer her question? How would feminists and post-structuralists explain the feelings your mother has experienced since retirement? Which theoretical perspective do you think would provide the best advice?

Which of the following functions as an important source of information about sex for teenagers?

A) religious books
B) academic textbooks
C) research journals
D) television

Susan drives by an unusually colorful apartment building each day on her way to and from work.Initially, she does not think much of the structure and has a mild dislike for it.However, after several months of commuting, she starts to like the apartment building and is even considering renting an apartment there.This change in Susan's feelings about the building best demonstrates

A) the comparison effect.
B) normative social influence.
C) the mere exposure effect.
D) informational social influence.

After being asked to remember three consonants,participants in a study by Peterson and Peterson counted aloud backward by threes to prevent

A) shallow processing.
B) iconic memory.
C) encoding failure.
D) rehearsal.

The success of interracial cooperative learning in classroom settings best illustrates the value of ________ for reducing racial conflict.

A) equity
B) social responsibility
C) superordinate goals
D) a social trap

Compared with younger adults,older adults are ________ attentive to positive news and they have ________ problems in their social relationships.

A) more;more
B) less;fewer
C) more;fewer
D) less;more