Kevin works as a clerk at a firm that provides investment services to customers, and he earns around $40,000 annually. Upon joining the firm, Kevin had to go through only a brief period of on-the-job training as his job requires him to perform mechanized tasks that require little skill beyond basic literacy. In the context of the Weberian model of the U.S. class structure, Kevin most likely belongs to the ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
working class
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a. high culture. b. material culture. c. norms. d. nonmaterial culture.
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a. racism keeps all racial minorities poor. b. racism is currently the major cause of economic disadvantage among racial minorities. c. racism is irrelevant to the economic status of African Americans. d. the status of African Americans currently has less to do with racism than it does with the simple inheritance of social class.
Researchers in the Willowbrook study obtained
a. ?fully voluntary consent from the parents of their subjects. b. ?fully informed consent from the parents of their subjects. c. consent from the parents of their subjects, but that consent was neither informed nor voluntary. d. no consent of any sort from the parents of their subjects. e. ?consent from their subjects directly.
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a. statements that are untrue. b. beliefs that are widespread. c. rumors about people's personal affairs. d. widespread attitudes about controversial issues.