Distinguish between a social group and a social category
What will be an ideal response?
A social category is a collection of individuals who are grouped together because they share a trait that is deemed by the observer to be socially relevant. A social group is a plurality of people whose members are recruited according to some membership criterion and are bound together by a set of membership rights and mutual obligations.
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b. women should have fewer partners than men have. c. men should be faithful to their wives, but wives may have relations with other men. d. women should not have sex before or outside of marriage, but men can.
Research on contemporary college and university students in the United States shows they study __________students in the past
a. less than b. more than c. about the same as d. twice as much as
In an analysis of variance, if the null hypothesis is true, then
A) the research hypothesis is also true. B) fewer participants will be needed for the experiment. C) there is less variance among the sample means than if the null hypothesis was not true. D) the within-group estimate of population variance is smaller than the between-group estimate.
Karl Marx's perspective focuses on which of the following to explain social change?
A. material factors B. cultural factors C. domination D. power factors