The basic idea behind labeling theory is that ________
a. deviance is actually useful in a number of ways.
b. deviance arises not so much from what people do as how others respond to what they do.
c. power has much to do with how a society defines deviance.
d. deviance is actually a myth.
Answer: b
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________ was a labor organizer who crusaded to organize migrant farmworkers
a. César Chávez b. Fidel Castro c. Reies López d. Vicente Fox
The proportion of the North American labor force that is employed in services is projected to
a. decrease. b. level off. c. decline for men, but not for women. d. increase. e. decline for minorities, but increase for majority whites.
From Murdoch's classic cross-cultural survey, we can see that
a. nothing about biology requires men and women to be assigned different work.
b. women in the developing world never work in construction.
c. biology itself is what requires men and women to be assigned different work.
d. hunting was an exclusively male activity.
Blauner's hypothesis, which states that the subordination of colonized minority groups is perpetuated over time, supports which of the following conclusions about assimilation?
A. Assimilation is inevitable and possible for all groups. B. Assimilation is a linear process that takes a long time to conclude. C. Minority groups must undergo acculturation before structural integration. D. Assimilation can be segmented for different groups. E. Assimilation and pluralism can occur simultaneously.