Jennifer Lopez is a very wealthy television star, singer, and dancer, yet she has very little power in the political world. These differences exemplify which of these?
A. status consistency
B. status stratification
C. status inconsistency
D. status incompatibility
Answer: C
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. In an experiment, a subject cannot read the size of the font on a written test. There is no other type of test available. This threatens the internal validity of the results. 2. Researchers give subjects a newspaper that can easily be identified as a “fake newspaper.” This threatens external validity. 3. Experiments with very high external validity typically have very high internal validity. 4. Generalizability and external validity are not related. 5. Low external validity lessens the credibility of experiment results.
In his book, Labor and Monopoly Capital, Harry Braverman explains that
a. white-collar workers have greater prestige and earning power than blue-collar workers. b. white-collar jobs have given women greater opportunities for meaningful, prestigious careers. c. the workday lives of white-collar workers are just as alienated, repetitive and monotonous as are those of blue-collar workers. d. the jobs and workday lives of white-collar workers are more fulfilling and less alienating than those of blue-collar workers.
Distinguish between primary and secondary deviance
What will be an ideal response?
According to retreatism, where conformity is discussed, the following activities are reflective of having relinquished culturally prescribed goals and their behavior does not accord with institutional norms.
a. Immigrants, emigrants, migrants, refugees, prisoners of war, holocaust survivors, war criminals. b. Lobbyists, Legislators, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chancellors, Campaign Managers c. Psychotics, autists, pariahs, outcasts, vagrants, vagabonds, tramps, chronic drunkards and drug addicts. d. Teachers, Police Officers, Carpenters, Electricians.