You are a student and you do not own a car. All your close friends who are attending your college or university have vehicles of their own. You feel downtrodden and dissatisfied. You are experiencing
A. relative deprivation
B. resource mobilization
C. false consciousness
D. depression
Ans: A. relative deprivation
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A correlation between two variables tells us:
a. that one variable causes the other. b. why the relationship exists. c. which variable is more important than the other. d. that there is an empirical relationship between the two variables.
Since the end of the nineteenth century, the number of married women in the labor force has:
a. decreased dramatically b. increased dramatically c. increased slightly d. remained the same
According to the text's discussion of the "nine paradoxes" of the American presidency, Americans _____________
A. want strong leaders, but they also fear the abuse of power that a strong leader might bring to the office B. want leaders that will unify people, but they do not want to compromise their own positions in order to forge their unity C. admire leaders with vision, but they also believe that leaders should be responsive to public opinion D. all of the above
What percentage of the population belongs to the upper class?
a. 1 percent b. 5 percent c. 8 percent d. 15 percent