According to Robert Merton,
A) prejudice always results in discrimination.
B) group norms can force people to act against their personal values.
C) prejudice is decreasing.
D) all people hold significant prejudices.
B
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A) Elections B) Coronations C) Wars D) Marches
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A. 88,000 B. 800,000 C. 1 million D. 1.5 million
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A. Language has little effect on patterns of race or gender inequality. B. Language may reproduce inequalities through stereotypes and assumptions that may be built into what people say. C. Studies have consistently shown that what someone is called really doesn’t matter since identity is developed internally by the individual. D. While language affects patterns of race and gender inequality, there is no indication that it influences patterns of class inequality.
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A. class system B. caste system C. estate system D. slavery