The deliberate attempt to exterminate an entire group is referred to as ______.

A. systematic
B. genocide
C. ascription
D. miscegenation


Answer: B

Sociology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Although he is not legally related to him, Tony is Nunzio's godfather. This relationship, which unites two families, is an example of __________

A) fictive kinship B) village endogamy C) a Ponzi scheme D) omerta

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Matching

1) group 2) primary group 3) secondary group 4) voluntary association 5) iron law of oligarchy 6) social network 7) clique 8) bureaucracy 9) goal displacement 10) "McDonaldization" of society 11) alienation 12) hidden corporate culture 13) group dynamics 14) coalition 15) instrumental leader 16) expressive leader 17) authoritarian leader 18) laissez-faire leader 19) groupthink A) the social ties radiating outward from the self that link people together B) the alignment of some members of a group against others C) a narrowing of thought by several people leading to the perception that there is only one correct answer or solution D) a group that is relatively large, temporary, anonymous and formal; based on some interest or activity E) an individual who increases harmony and minimizes conflict in a group F) a cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact with one another G) a group characterized by intimate, long-term, face-to-face association and cooperation H) an individual who leads by being highly permissive I) people who interact with one another, have something in common and believe that what they have in common is significant J) an individual who tries to keep the group moving toward its goals K) an individual who leads by giving orders L) the ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals M) the adoption of new goals by an organization N) Robert Michel's term for the tendency of formal organizations to be dominated by a small, self-perpetuating elite O) Marx's term for a worker's lack of connection with the product of his or her labor P) a group made up of people who organize of their own free will on the basis of some mutual interest Q) the powerful effects that self-fulfilling stereotypes have on workers and bosses, including higher or lower expectations and open or closed opportunities, all of which may produce or inhibit attitudes and accomplishments R) a formal organization with a hierarchy of authority and a clear division of labor S) the process by which ordinary aspects of life become rationalized and efficiency comes to rule them, including such issues as mass production of food products, goods, and services

Sociology

Greta, age 62, is raising her grandson, age 5. They rent an apartment in a converted garage behind a house in a residential neighborhood of a small city. When the census taker visits Greta, she records this household as a __________.

A. blended family B. family C. nonfamily household D. postmodern family

Sociology