Social stratification ________
a. is a simple reflection of individual differences.
b. looks the same in every society.
c. typically changes a great deal from generation to generation.
d. is a matter of inequality and beliefs about why people should be unequal.
Answer: d
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a. not all forms of deviance shift smoothly from repression to medicalization and then on to acceptance. b. some forms of deviance have moved only from repression to medicalization, and a shift to acceptance does not appear to be imminent. c. some forms of deviance remain in the repression stage. d. all of the above
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A. 30 B. 50 C. 70 D. 90
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A. by economically undermining small-scale Mexican farms B. by codifying recruitment rules for American employers C. by normalizing the movement of laborers over the border D. by establishing the bracero temporary worker program
Mr. Smith intensely dislikes blacks, Asians, Jews, and Hispanics. He joins the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. Smith, in Merton's terms, is:
a. an "all-weather liberal." b. an "active bigot." c. a "timid bigot." d. a "fair-weather liberal."