Which of the following terms refers to going along with one's peers, with peers defined as individuals of a person's own status who have no special right to direct that person's behavior?
A. labeling
B. conformity
C. deviance
D. obedience
B. conformity
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Which of the following items would be considered part of "culture"?
A. paintings, podcasts, newspapers B. freedom of speech, Christianity, habeus corpus C. the Republican party, the Democratic party, national elections D. all of the items above are elements of culture
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Twenty-eight percent of single-mother headed families in the U.S. live in poverty. b. Poverty is more common among white single-parent families than among non-white single households. c. The financial strains associated with single-parent families are greatest for mothers with teenaged children. d. all of the above
Professor Myth asked respondents whether or not they had ever been divorced. One year later Professor Myth asked the same respondents the same question. Myth found that with repeated applications of the measure different responses were obtained for the same respondent. This means that the measuring instrument was: a. reliable
b. invalid. c. unreliable or the value on the variable had changed. d. lacking face validity. e. inaccurate.
In traditional India, women are cut off from the outside world because they:
a. are considered strongly erotic and therefore threatening. b. are considered to be morally superior. c. are perceived to be emotionally inferior and incapable of handling public life. d. have no place in the Hindu religion and therefore cannot participate in society. e. all of the above