In a lecture given by your professor in Social Problems class, you are shown a number of maps that use U.S. Census data to display the geographic distribution of different racial and ethnic groups across the country. When data is collected and displayed by racial or ethnic category it is valuable to our sociological understanding of the world, but also subtly contributes to the process of
___________, or understanding how contemporary society chooses to group racial and ethnic groups together or apart from one another.
A) interpretive sociology
B) racial formation
C) institutional racism
D) intersectionality
B) racial formation
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Madison is a Black feminist. Which of the following most accurately represents her views on feminism?
a. Black Nationalism distracts women from full participation in the African American struggle. b. Gender roles have contributed to overall social stability and had arisen because marital partners needed a division of labor. c. It is solely Whites and White-dominated media that portray Black women in a negative light. d. Accepting the gender-role divisions of the dominant society places women in a subservient position.
Ja'nice interviewed a group of students with disabilities about the barriers they face in the classroom. She concluded that other students with disabilities to whom she did not talk probably face similar problems. What is she doing?
A. ensuring the peer review process B. generalizing her findings C. defining her sample D. providing transparency
In the context of a study done by Willoughby et al. in 2015,__________are defined as parents who make important decisions for their children, intervene in settling disputes with roommates, and/or look for jobs for their offspring to ensure their child's success
A) permissive parents B) helicopter parents C) drone parents D) free-range parents
The part of the labor force responsible for turning out raw goods and resources, such as metals, timber, and agricultural products, can be located in the ______ sector.
A. primary B. secondary C. tertiary D. service