Explain why the pre-election survey failed to correctly predict the winner of the 1936 presidential election
What will be an ideal response?
The poll taken by a magazine was flawed by sample bias. The results were based on a telephone poll in a time when telephones were more likely in upper-income homes whose members tended to vote Republican at a higher rate than the general population.
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At the top of the list of factors that ease an immigrant's adjustment to the new context is
a. a staggered migration. b. the immigrant's sending factors. c. whether the immigrant is documented. d. the availability of effective social support networks.
Which of the following is true of ethnicity?
A. Race and ethnicity are unrelated. B. Ethnicity is based entirely on self-identification; acknowledgement or acceptance by a larger group is unnecessary. C. Ethnicity is socially significant. D. An ethnic group is a group of people who share a set of characteristics (usually physical characteristics) deemed by society as socially significant.
Sonia learned many techniques from a healer in her home country of Peru. After moving to the United States, Sonia decides to offer herbal remedies to people who distrust doctors and refuse Western medicine. What term do sociologists use to describe what Sonia offers?
a. alternative medicine b. complementary medicine c. faith healing d. herbal remedy cures
The main problem with psychological theories of prejudice is:
a. they disregard the situations in which people think and act. b. they lack popularity among the masses. c. they lack scientific rigor. d. they are mostly market driven.