As a young boy in the 1970s, Robert remembered that there was a push for public schools to teach children the metric system. The movement to adopt metric measurement was eventually abandoned in the United States
How could Robert explain this outcome?
a. path dependency
b. resocialization
c. discrimination
d. institutionalization
a
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a. radical belief. c. cultural anchor. b. shared way of life d. cultural capital.
In which way were Kenneth and Mamie Clark instrumental in desegregation of public schools?
A. They resisted an angry crowd to enter a school campus. B. They petitioned school districts throughout the South. C. They taught students about social inequalities. D. Their research was used by the U.S. Supreme Court in its ruling.
In general, would you say that a healthy person’s cognitive and psychological functioning improves or declines with old age?
What will be an ideal response?
We have little reliable data on human sexuality because
A. there has been an increase in the use of inaccurate data over the last decade. B. until the AIDS crisis, there was little scientific demand for data on sexual behavior. C. it is difficult for researchers to even broach the subject. D. government funding for studies of sexual behavior is easily accessible, but not many want to ask for it.