Test Review #1 Tuesday‚ January 29‚ 2013 9:26 PM * 50 questions * Mostly multiple choice * Bring a number 2 pencil 1. Difference between illicit and licit drugs -illcit drugs-drugs whose manufacture‚sale‚or possession is illegal.ex:cocaine‚herion‚marijuana -licit drugs-drugs whose manufacture‚sale‚or possession is legal.ex:alchol‚nictone‚ caffine 2.Difference between instrumental and recreational use of drugs -instrumental –A person taking a drug with
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Sociology is the study of people and society. It provides the people who study it with the knowledge to understand different social groups‚ and the roles of the social activities that take place within them. This knowledge allows people to see past the way in which we commonly understand our world‚ and see things in a more objective manner‚ making it easier to explain society in an unbiased way (Holmes‚ Hughes & Julian 2003:2). Different theories‚ viewpoints and social facts help us to achieve this
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"[d]ecrease of love" (357). This may be understood not as a decrease in the romantic affection that Newland professes for May‚ but as a decrease in his "love" to be restricted by the social codes that directed his life and his whole society. His disenchantment with these paradigms goes so far that at a certain moment "he found that he had forgotten" to send May her lilies-of-the-valley (51)‚ meaning that he had almost broken his relationship with the already mentioned rules. In this moment he proceeds
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The sociological views of the three founding fathers; Karl Marx‚ Max Weber‚ and Emile Durkheim all assert that various aspects of our lifestyle are fully a product of the society in which we live. Each theorist views the impact of society and its manifestation of our identity in a different way. All three of these men used the Industrial Revolution and capitalism to shape their theories of social identity‚ especially the identity created by capitalism’s division of labor; the owners of the means
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The article states that‚ last Wednesday a young man‚ who worked as a night manager at a McDonald’s restaurant‚ in New York was arrested due to his selling of cocaine and crack‚ out of the establishment in which we worked. Frank Guerrero‚ sold an undercover police officer almost $11‚000 worth of cocaine and crack‚ over the spread of eight occasions. Guerrero cleverly hid the packages of cocaine in food packaging‚ as to discretely deliver it to his customers. Over $5000 was found in his daughter’s
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each be categorized into one of the five modes of adaptation discussed in this theory. Robert Merton was a sociologist in the 1930’s who reintroduced Emile Durkheim’s ideas concerning anomie‚ but he applied these ideas to a larger scale rather than focusing on suicide the way the Durkheim had. Merton defined anomie as a "situation that occurs when there is a disjuncture between the goals promoted by society and the availability of legitimate means to achieve those goals" (McIntyre 247). His strain
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Luftwaffe between September 1940 and may 1941’. R2-‘The Blitz Kid’ -Search lights from Britain -nearly everything has been destroyed in the background. R1 Against the idea of Blitz sprit ‘Illusion’ ‘hides the fact that there was a growing disenchantment in urban area.’ ‘The Government‚ using the Ministry of Information would give an outward appearance that all was well.’ ‘Sleepless nights due to the bombing eventually wore away at morale.’ Tells us the names of the bombed cities. -’Coventry…Southampton
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Critically evaluate the contributions of functionalism to the study of society. Functionalist theory is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology. It can be argued that the functionalist theory has made a significant contribution to the study of society. It originates from the work of Emile Durkheim who suggests that social order is possible and society remains stable due to the functioning of several institutions. Everything has a specific function in society and society will always
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AP Literature and Composition Q1 Formal Essay Topic: Read George Orwell’s “Killing an Elephant.” In a well-organized essay‚ explain how Orwell’s attitude towards British imperialism into Africa is similar to that of Conrad’s. In answering this prompt‚ be sure that you analyze both authors’ use of language in explaining not only what they have to say‚ but how they say it! Be sure to provide plenty of evidence from the text to support your response. Requirements 1. MLA Format
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In the novel “Great Expectation”‚ the protagonist who went by the name Pip takes the readers along his journey on the different lifestyles he experienced. Through his journey‚ Pip’s demeanor changed slightly. Instantly Pip status changed when he became a wealthy man. His character changed from once a humble man to being vain. Pip changed his identity to climb the social ladder. Social Class often determined how people are treated. Pip was able to keep his humanistic ideals for people‚ although
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