QUESTION The assertion that non-formal institutions have no role to play at the PROCESSING STAGE of
the Systems Theory is an empty rhetoric. Comment.

1. develop an action plan to deal with each of the following scenarios. a friend offers you a cigarette. (2 points) you go to a party and see they are serving alcohol. (2 points) a student offers to sell you some marijuana. (2 points) a friend comes to your house and asks you if he or she can take drugs out of your parents' medicine cabinet. (2 points)

Chapter 1 what is the sociological perspective? why did durkheim say that some people are more likely to commit suicide? what does it mean that sociology us to see that “things are not as they seem"? what is the "sociological imagination"? how did industrialization and urbanization lead to the development of sociology? who is the "father" of sociology (and coined the term sociology)? what was the major goal of sociology’s pioneers like comte and durkheim? what did herbert spencer say? what did karl marx think caused social change? when did sociology become established as an academic discipline in the u. s.? what did w. e.b. dubois say was the major problem of the 20th century? what is the functionalist view of society? what is the main focus of the conflict perspective? why are gender and race important to the conflict perspective? what is the symbolic interactionist perspective? chapter 2 why is culture vital to human survival, and how is that different from animal instinct? what is the sapir-whorf hypothesis? what is a norm? what are mores and folkways? how does the u. s. compare to other nations in terms of how multicultural or culturally diverse it is? what is a subculture? what is a counterculture? what is cultural lag? can you give an example? what is the ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism debate about?

Fallon is on her way to work when she sees a little boy, who is crying and apparently lost. seeing the crying boy makes fallon very uncomfortable and upset. to reduce these negative feelings, fallon stops to the boy find his parents. which theory best explains fallon's behavior?