Blaming the undocumented immigrant instead of going after the corporations hiring them is an example of ______.

A. affirmative action
B. institutionalized discrimination
C. racism
D. role of unions


Answer: B

Sociology

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According to the text, those whose grandparents went through a divorce __________ than those whose grandparents stayed married

a. made more money b. had poorer relationships with their parents c. had better relationships with their own marriage partners d. furthered their education more

Sociology

Schools have been compared with prisons, mental hospitals, and other such institutions that have been called total institutions. Schools do exhibit one of the key traits of total institutions, which is __________

a. a first-order priority placed upon custody b. many "clients" locked up for most of the day c. administrators who place a high priority on maintaining their authority d. a record is kept that hinders your future employment e. "clients" are shunned by family and friends

Sociology

A functionalist approach to inequality stresses

a. the injustice of great differences in wealth. b. the irrelevance of political power to inequality. c. the useful outcomes deriving from inequality. d. the benefits of having an underclass. e. the reasons that class conflict occurs.

Sociology

Among the residents of Riverton, one of the suburbs studied by Lacy, the children in this neighborhood learn what it is like to be black

a. from other blacks who are their neighbors. b. from their older relatives who still live in primarily black, inner city neighborhoods. c. from their parents, but otherwise they have few interactions with other blacks. d. from whites who have had considerable experience living with blacks.

Sociology