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1 .       Water pollution, pornography, and marijuana usage are clear-cut examples of social problems. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       Collective solutions are employed to help individuals to deal with personal troubles. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       Personal troubles do not become public issues unless an influential group defines them as such. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       Most Americans belong primarily to one clearly defined subculture. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       A theory is a set of statements that explains the relationship between phenomena. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       The functionalist and conflict approaches are examples of macrosociology. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       The conflict perspective uses the analogy of a biological organism in which all parts are in conflict with the whole. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       Functionalists believe that all parts of society are interdependent and work together to maintain a society's structure. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       An example of a latent function of a university is to reduce unemployment by keeping some adults out of the job market. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       People's commonsense beliefs about social problems are often false. [Hint]

 
 






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