A fast-food service restaurant keeps statistics on the amount of milkshakes sold per gallon of shake mix used as a way of monitoring workers' performance. This recordkeeping represents
a. the informal dimension of organizations.
b. oligarchy.
c. statistical measures of performance.
d. alienation.
c
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Poverty rates among African American and Hispanic elders in the United States are
a. about the same as among elderly, non-Hispanic whites. b. two to three times higher than among elderly, non-Hispanic whites. c. ten times higher than among elderly, non-Hispanic whites. d. lower than among elderly, non-Hispanic whites.
Using a sociological perspective, C. Wright Mills points out that unemployment is
A. a product of the situation. B. related to the structure of society and social institutions. C. only an individual problem. D. inevitable and potentially beneficial.
Researchers studying premarital relationships among women in sub-Saharan Africa found that unmarried women who are poor are more likely to engage in ______, the receipt of money and gifts from a male partner in exchange for sexual activities.
A. transitional sex B. transactional sex C. sex work D. sexual slavery
Raymond Rist combined symbolic interactionist theories with _____ to study how labeling students based on race, class, ethnicity, and gender affected their academic achievement.
A. structural functionalist B. feminist C. conflict perspective D. theories of habitus