When Malcolm X's eighth grade teacher ignored Malcolm's academic and social successes and dismissed his desired career goal of lawyer and instead suggested he become a carpenter, the teacher was viewing Malcolm's race as a(n)

A. achieved status.
B. ascribed status.
C. assigned status.
D. master status.


Answer: D

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The U.S. Bureau of the Census identifies households as "family" or "nonfamily" households. Aulette suggests that this distinction may hide familial relationships because "non-family" households include

a. women or men who live alone. b. gay or lesbian couples who are not allowed to marry. c. unmarried heterosexual couples who are cohabiting. d. B and C above.

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An increase in the number of which of the following would indicate that the role of women in our society has evolved?

A. beauty salons B. childcare centers C. public parks D. grocery stores

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Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

a. In order for variable A to cause variable B, variable A must occur before variable. b. If variable A causes variable B, then variable A and variable B will usually be correlated with one another. c. It is possible for a dependent variable to have more than one cause. d. If there is a correlation between two variables, then one of those variables must be having an effect of some sort on the other. e. A suppressor variable causes two variables to appear to be uncorrelated with one another when they actually are correlated.

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George Herbert Mead thought ______ are mediating points between self and society.

a. emergences b. social institutions c. cultures d. social structures

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