The statement made by a white worker "But a black guy? It would mean you lost a job to someone that everybody knows is lower than you" is an example of:

A. psychological instability.
B. consciousness of relative social position.
C. economic rationality.
D. gender neutrality.


Answer: B

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A) Determined mostly by people's attributes such as ambition or the lack of ambition B) Structural features of modern societies, rather than individual attributes C) Mostly random, unrelated to people's individual or social circumstances D) Able to be changed by the choices people make during their life course

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An individual's religious affiliation

a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval/ratio

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In terms of the theoretical perspectives on gender inequality, all of the following are matched correctly except ____

a. functionalism / gender-based division of labor b. conflict theory / patriarchy (male domination) c. symbolic interactionism / gender-based division of labor d. socialist feminism / capitalism e. sexual harassment / conflict theory

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Reliability is the degree to which the measurement tool measures what it is supposed to measure.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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