The systemic process by which people are categorized and ranked on a scale of social worth is
a. social stratification. c. apartheid.
b. symbolic stratification. d. social structure.
A
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Sociologists face a number of challenges in studying culture. Those challenges include all but which one of the following?
a. describing culture b. determining who belongs to a culture c. identifying the distinguishing characteristics that set one culture apart from another d. identifying overlap among cultures
Erica recently married Jermain. Jermain has a seventeen-year-old daughter named Arabia from a previous marriage. Erica considers herself progressive while Arabia considers herself conservative, and they often disagree over politics. How might a sociologist understand this dynamic?
a. Women of different ages have a difficult time getting along. b. Liberal-identifying women are statistically more likely to have a difficult time with stepchildren because they care less about family values. c. Erica is violating the social role of stepmother, therefore causing the conflict. d. Most stepchildren belong to two households, so the possibilities of ideological clashes are considerable.
Which of the following is a reason why sociobiological explanations of behavioral differences between males and females are controversial?
A) They assume that male and female behaviors will vary considerably across cultures.
B) They overlook the effect of evolution and genetic factors on human behavior.
C) There ignore thatpractically every behavior is influenced by socialization and culture.
D) They focus excessively on theeffect of imitation and reinforcement on social interaction.
The poorest 45% of the U.S. population, on balance, control
a. 45% of the nation’s wealth b. about 10% of the nation’s wealth c. net assets of a few thousand dollars each d. no net wealth whatsoever