The Milgram Experiment and the Zimbardo Experiment both raised severe ethical issues but also provided scientific evidence of:

a. the power of authority
b. the importance of social networks
c. the differences between good-natured and ill-natured people
d. the difficulty of controlling a mob once it forms


a. the power of authority

Sociology

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a. 1790-1840 b. 1850-1920 c. 1930-1960 d. 1970-2010

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A problem with the use of education to reduce prejudice, in terms of self-selection is that at the college level people who take courses in majority-minority relations or related topics are probably

a. More prejudiced than others to begin with b. Smarter than those who do not take such courses c. More ignorant than those who do not take such courses d. Less prejudiced than others to begin with

Sociology

Until the 1950s, school segregation was a result of ______ in the South and a result of residential segregation in the North.

A. automation B. property taxes C. Jim Crow laws D. de facto segregation

Sociology

Which one of the following is a risk factor as it relates to divorce?

A. getting married at an older age B. having stable finances C. if a couple cohabited before marriage D. being the same religion

Sociology