The preferential treatment of minorities and/or women in employment, promotions, admissions, etc., to overcome the results of past discrimination is known as ________
A. affirmative action
B. equality of opportunity
C. equality of results
D. comparable worth
A
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Life in Afghanistan is significantly different from life in Arizona because Afghanistan is _____
a. not landlocked like Arizona b. hotter and drier than Arizona c. more intrusively regulated than Arizona d. is governed less effectively than Arizona
A focus on testing groups of individuals with a primary goal of generalizing findings characterizes ________ research, while intensive study of individuals with less concern for generalizability characterizes ________ research
a. quantitative; qualitative b. qualitative; quantitative c. ethnographic; phenomenological d. phenomenological; ethnographic
The push toward devolution-the shifting of responsibility from the federal government to state governments-has resulted in __________ government rules and regulations.
A. less adherence to B. greater adherence to C. fewer D. more E. None of these are correct.
Which of the following best reflects the thought of Thomas Hobbes?
a. The state of nature is utopia and government should be limited. b. The state of nature is harsh and government should be liberal. c. The state of nature is harsh and government should rule autocratically. d. The state of nature is unknowable and government should rule democratically.