An adaptation to strain in which one has no interest in the conventional goals of society, yet goes through the motions by following the prescribed rules and behaviors:
A) innovation
B) ritualism
C) retreatism
D) rebellion
B
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The U.S. Department of Justice has identified at least 33 real estate companies in nine states whose agents steer African Americans away from predominantly white areas and into predominantly minority areas. In sociological terms, this practice is an example of
a. individual discrimination. c. redlining. b. racism. d. prejudice.
Polyandry is ______ than polygyny. a. more common worldwide b. more common in the U.S
c. equally as common worldwide d. less common worldwide
Economist Paul Hertz followed about 9,000 children into adulthood to calculate odds of changing or maintaining economic status. Which of the following statements describe his findings?
a. The chances of moving from lowest-income category to the highest are quite high. b. The chances of remaining in the highest income category (top 20 percent) are relatively low. c. Children classified as black have an advantage over children classified as white. d. Children from high income households receive more education and are healthier as adults than lower income counterparts.
A religious movement that relies on the literal interpretation of sacred texts is referred to as
A. Darwinism. B. fundamentalism. C. animism. D. creationism.