Social stratification is
a. the process in which people meet and marry their mates
b. a system that places entire categories of people into unequal groups
c. the process in which people learn the norms of society
d. a system that assigns equal status to all memebrs
Answer: b. a system that places entire categories of people into unequal groups
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a. segmentation b. laws c. ideal d. hierarchy
Spurious or intervening relationships among variables are indicated by a pattern of outcomes in which the bivariate relationship is the same across all partial tables and
a. the same as in the original bivariate table. b. much weaker than in the bivariate table. c. much stronger than in the bivariate table. d. the variables are not associated in the bivariate table.
A study is done with a sample of one person. In the general population (Population 2), Population M = 100 and Population SD = 8. The cutoff Z score for significance in this study is a Z of 1.64. The raw score of the sample is 110. What conclusion should
be drawn? What will be an ideal response?
The maintenance of connections to African traditions during enslavement supports which of the following conclusions about assimilation?
A. Colonized minority groups are not interested in adapting to the dominant culture. B. Assimilation is a linear process. C. The primary framework of assimilation in the United States is Americanization. D. Coercive acculturation can have lasting psychological impacts on oppressed groups. E. Assimilation and pluralism can occur simultaneously.