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RaShandra began her career as a high-tech factory worker. Through increased experience and by taking specialized courses in her field, she became an entrepreneur and started her own highly successful “dotcom” business. RaShandra’s advancement is an example of ________ mobility.

How is Max Weber’s idea of social class different from Karl Marx’s?

Which agent of socialization has the most impact on us in the earliest phase of life?

In the United States, corporate entities that allow undocmented workers to take jobs in factories face minimal consequences from the government when their hiring practice of workers without legal status is discovered.  However, the consequences for those workers are much more severe.  The reason is relative to one’s structural position of power.  An undocumented worker has no protection from the U.S. government whereas a wealthy owner of a corporation behind a factory like a poulty plant has citizenship, money, and connections to other powerful people to defend against any legal action.  This represents which theoretical framework?

Emile Durkheim argued that deviance and/or criminal behavior is a functional and necessary part of society.

Age-appropriate sex education in K-12 grade levels would represent a form of ________ or preparation for future roles as adults who will engage in sexual behavior and develop sexual identities. 

Picking your nose in public may lead to some disapproving looks or comments like “you’re gross.”  They represent social control through the use of formal sanctions for offensive behavior. 

Family and peer groups are considered institutional agents of socialization. 

Deviance is known as behavior that is different than the general standards of conduct in society.

In the process of ________, old behaviors that were helpful in a previous role are removed because they are no longer of use. In the new environment, the old rules no longer apply.