When hospitals give preferential treatment to whites as opposed to members of minority groups, this is referred to as which of these?

A. prejudicial bias
B. individual bias
C. institutional discrimination
D. individual discrimination


Answer: C

Sociology

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Which of these is the process by which an individual learns and generally comes to accept the ways of a group or a society of which he or she is a part?

A. ethnomethodology B. socialization C. dramaturgy D. psychoanalysis

Sociology

The “social drift” theory argues that

a. ?lower class life causes mental illness. b. ?those who suffer from mental illness over time move downward in social class. c. ?gender does not affect rates of mental illness. d. ?social class does not affect rates of mental illness. e. ?mentally ill persons often become more religious.

Sociology

Jim Crow and its most humiliating manifestations was not only a set of cultural practices and laws. It was also a system of discrimination enforced by:

a. economic power largely under the control of Whites b. lynching c. law enforcement personnel acting on their own or without court authority d. neighborhood watch groups and other informal security arrangements

Sociology

The ______ offers a framework for analyzing the rise and fall in public attention to different social problems.

A. public arenas model B. status attainment model C. agenda-setting theory D. constructionist theory

Sociology