Class, status, and power are components of ______.
A. meritocracy
B. conspicuous consumption
C. social stratification
D. social ascription
Answer: C
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According to the study of gender and housework cited in the text,
a. husbands and wives spend roughly equal hours on housework each week. b. compared to wives, husbands vastly overestimate the number of hours that wives spend on housework. c. compared to husbands, wives vastly overestimate the number of hours that they spend on housework. d. compared to wives, husbands overestimate the number of hours they spend on housework.
The differential association theory explains deviance by a. emphasizing how deviance is culturally transmitted
b. focusing on who has the power to label behaviors as deviant. c. making reference to societal goals and the means of achieving them. d. noting that some people have more power than others to define what is considered deviant.
Information about the negative physical consequences of drug use has a more powerful influence on drug taking decisions than whether or not a young person's friends use a drug
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
An especially important factor in the lower educational attainment of Hispanic students is that they, like blacks, have experienced the effects of __________.
A. de facto segregation B. the increase of charter schools in low income neighborhoods C. bilingual education programs that cause children to fall behind their peers D. quotas for spots in the best elementary schools