Your Text Illustrates the Definition of a Social Problem with Two

question 33

Multiple Choice

Your text illustrates the definition of a social problem with two examples: opium use in China and women's lack of the right to vote in the United States until 1920.These examples demonstrate that __________.

• A)an existing social condition becomes a social problem when it is redefined as a problem that must be solved
• B)minorities,such as drug users and women,often cause social problems
• C)drug use and lacking the right to vote are social problems,no matter where they occur
• D)social problems occur everywhere
• E)communists can solve social problems

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Definitions:

Characteristics

Distinctive or identifying features or qualities of a person, object, or phenomenon.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations made on the basis of limited evidence as starting points for further investigation.

Theory

A system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Nondirectional Research Hypothesis

A hypothesis that predicts a relationship or effect but does not specify the direction of the relationship.