What did Stanley Milgram's teacher-learner experiment demonstrate?
A) A substantial number of people will inflict pain on others if ordered to do so by a person in a position of authority.
B) Most people conform to social norms, even when told to deviate from them by persons in authority.
C) Group conformity is the most important social relationship people seek to achieve.
D) Individualism is among the most cherished personal qualities one can possess.
A
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
________ is the process by which individuals learn how to become members of their society
A. Socialization B. Acculturation C. Social constructionism D. Positivism
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, working-class families were likely to send
a. husbands into the labor force in order to allow wives to stay home and take care of the children. b. both parents into the labor force, but child labor was rare. c. husbands and children into the labor force while women earned money working in their homes. d. wives and children into the factories while fathers worked on the farm.
In Japan, about ______of the population is currently 65 or older.
A. 10% B. 26% C. 40% D. 55%