Studies have shown that Head Start programs
a. have no effect on a person's level of intelligence.
b. have raised IQ scores among poor children.
c. teach middle-class standards.
d. have programs biased against the poor.
b
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Which of the following best captures the notion of political pluralism?
a. all citizens should act within the rules to influence public policy b. unruliness (violence or disruption) is condemned c. access to the political arena should be open so that any person or group can compete for power d. all of the above e. a & b only
Which of these is the best example of a reflex?
A. exercising for one hour B. feeling sleepy C. stopping at a stop sign D. sneezing when dust goes up your nose
Carl, a white American, is doing a school presentation for his history class after which he is asked to share his own ethnic heritage. He is stumped. He has heard offhand that he has ancestors from Germany and Ireland, and that he might even have a little Native American blood, but has never seen proof of such. Lieberson and Waters (1988) would call Carl a(n):
a. homogenous white. b. unhyphenated white. c. undifferentiated white. d. pluralistic white.
Colonialism is defined as
A. the maintenance of political, social, economic, and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period. B. an approach that contends industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain. C. the far-reaching process by which peripheral nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies. D. None of these answers is correct.