Sociologists Recognize That "Personal" Troubles, If Occurring in Patterned Ways

question 22

Multiple Choice

Sociologists recognize that "personal" troubles, if occurring in patterned ways and to large numbers of individuals, reflect important ________ or consequences of social structures.

• A) public issues
• B) individualized problems
• C) interest groups
• D) family values

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Definitions:

TOTE

The self-regulation feedback loop of Test, Operate, Test, Exit.

Evaluate

To assess or examine something in order to understand its value, importance, or condition, often leading to a judgment.

Error Management Theory

The idea that both men and women seek to minimize the most costly type of error, but that men’s and women’s goals, and hence worst errors, differ.

Certainty Effect

In decision making, the greater weight given to definite outcomes than to probabilities.