National polls indicate that a majority of whites now believe that racial discrimination:

a. explains the persistence of racial inequality
b. is systematic
c. has been eliminated
d. is still a problem, but only in the south


C

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Ethnocentrism refers to people's tendency to

a. tolerate human differences. b. teach their own culture to their children. c. see their own culture as right.

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Learning to drive a car using a driving simulator (virtual robot) has all the features of __________— for one, it is efficient because the simulator allows the student to experience a range of driving situations in the shortest amount of time

a. McDonaldization b. urbanization c. global interdependence d. rationalization

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Weaknesses of much research on gender separation theory include all of the following EXCEPT:

a. boys and girls are raised together b. generalizations about "girl culture" are based primarily on upper class white girls c. the idea that peer groups are gender-segregated is a product of researcher bias d. the tendency to observe only the activities of the most powerful and socially successful boys

Sociology

The building blocks of social research questions are:

a. grammar and syntax b. positive attitudes about, and respect for, the people being studied c. concepts and measurable variables (variable concepts) d. mathematical equations

Sociology