Although many factors, including intelligence, motivation, and previous achievement, are important in determining how much education a person will attain, __________ argue that access to quality education is largely determined by social class
a. symbolic interactionists
b. functionalists
c. postmodernists
d. conflict theorists
d
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In Rumbaut's study, more than 97% of the third-generation immigrants preferred to do what?
A) Speak only English only at home B) Speak only their native language at home C) Speak both languages at home D) Learn three or more languages
What percentage of the U.S. population was foreign born in 2005?
a. 40 b. 25 c. 10 d. 5
An online news story describes a poor nation at war with the wealthy nation that controlled its economic and political systems. The poor nation wanted to become independent but the wealthy nation refused to allow economic and political freedom, citing that the nation did not have the resources needed to survive without the assistance of the wealthy nation. This is an example of
A. modernization. B. colonialism. C. neocolonialism. D. dependency.
______ argued that deviance results when a person learns definitions that portray some conduct as desirable, even though it is deviant
a. Sykes and Matza b. Lemert c. Akers d. Hirschi