The book identifies four aspects of culture and organization of claimsmaking that make it easier to downplay progress. Which of them explains that, “as big problems disappear, relatively smaller problems seem bigger than before”? So, for example, we may not have a system of slavery in the United States, but we are still trying to eradicate systemic racism.

An example of society completely accepting a social policy given in the textbook is:

Organizations often increase the supervision of social problems workers and the rules they work under, with the goal of increasing the effectiveness of their work. This process is called:

All of the following are general critiques of social policies identified by the textbook EXCEPT:

According to the textbook, which core civil right has become nearly universal in the past 100 years?

Sarah’s parents told her when she was young about a girl who was killed many years ago in their city after a night out partying with friends after drinking and trying to walk home. According to them, there is still a cross on the side of the highway that marks the spot where she was hit by a car. Sarah believes the story even though she has never seen the cross or looked into the identity of the girl. She even told her own kids about this girl to warn them about binge drinking. This story is a:

In order for a survey sample to be used to make accurate predictions about a population, it is MOST important for the sample to be:

All of the following are problems with sample surveys EXCEPT:

A business that exists in two countries, with employees who work in both places and know each others, would be an example of a/an:

If you needed to do some public opinion research, would you choose a public opinion poll (sample survey) or focus groups? Explain your reasoning. (Hint: your reasoning should reference the strength(s) and limitation(s) of these methods according to the textbook).