A company refuses to hire women for managerial positions citing lack of management skills as the reason. This action by the company is an example of ________

a. discrimination
b. privilege
c. self-serving bias
d. affirmative action


a

Sociology

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Dignidad refers to __________

A) reciprocal respect in human interaction B) formal rules of etiquette C) deference to those of high status D) laws against children disrespecting their parents

Sociology

Eighteenth century Irish immigrants typically included all of the following but:

a) farmers. b) convicts. c) merchants. d) servants.

Sociology

The argument that Native American alcoholism is caused by whites systematically stripping Native Americans of their means of economic production is characteristic of:

a. structural functionalists. b. conflict theorists. c. symbolic interactionists. d. macrosociology.

Sociology

According to Auguste Comte, the writings of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Adam Smith shifted focus from moral obligation to God and kind (theological stage) to __________

a. analysis of societal structures b. attacks on tradition c. the pursuit of self-interest d. democracy

Sociology