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.
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
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
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