Becker's starting point—that some people have a "taste for discrimination" assumes that the main cause of discrimination is
a. Affective prejudice
b. Cognitive prejudice
c. Racial prejudice
d. Conative prejudice
ANS: d
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Acquiring a "deviant" label (e.g., "thief," "slut," "druggie") can result in _________________
a. being avoided by "straight" people (who fear "guilt by association") b. an increased likelihood of hanging around other individuals with "deviant" labels c. coming to accept the deviant label as a self image (I am a thief; I am a slut...) d. all of the above e. b & c only
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The southern Irish were the first non-Protestant immigrants to enter the United States in the early 1800s. 2. Catholic schools were important to the maintenance of ethnic identity among Catholic immigrants from Europe. 3. Worker unions provided southern Italian immigrants with upward mobility. 4. The Immigration Act of 1924 created an open-door policy for eastern and southern European immigrants. 5. Sephardic Jews came to America to avoid massacre in Spain and Portugal.
An example of a geographic location where the migration of the elderly has created an age inversion in the population is
a. Sun City, AZ b. New York City, NY c. Los Angeles, CA d. Miami, FL
Which of the following is not true regarding environmental problems. Environmental problems ______.
A. arise from the use and depletion of natural resources B. arise from where built environments are located and how they are structured C. occurred before humans ever appeared on the planet and will continue after humans are extinct D. are related to social inequality and stratification