With ________________, even a false idea can become true if it is acted upon.
a. habitualization
b. institutionalization
c. a self-fulfilling prophecy
d. the Thomas theorem
c. a self-fulfilling prophecy
@ With a self-fulfilling prophecy, even a false idea can become true if it is acted upon.
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__________ is an attitude that involves prejudging
A) Discrimination B) A stereotype C) Prejudice D) Racism
Because of the Ottawa Treaty of 1999, 30 nations have destroyed their stockpiles of anti-personnel landmines. This is an example of __________
A) disarmament B) mutual deterrence C) collateral damage D) dehumanization
One major weakness of cultural transmission theory is that it fails to explain
a. why most people raised in crime-ridden environments do not become deviants. b. how deviance is learned. c. how deviance is transmitted from generation to generation. d. how deviance is transmitted from one ethnic group to another. e. how anomie is related to deviance.
Who was a prominent leader of the Chicano movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, and what was his primary aim?
a. Federico Peña, who fought to legalize undocumented immigrants b. Henry Cisneros, who focused on regaining communal lands c. José Martí, who believed assimilation was the path to upward mobility d. Cesar Chavez, who sought to organize migrant farm workers