During the 1950s, blacks and whites had separate bathroom facilities, attended separate schools, and used different water fountains. What does this exemplify?

A. genocide
B. assimilation
C. segregation
D. pluralism


Answer: C

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A) urbanization B) demographic transition C) disinvestment D) laterization

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Which of the following is NOT a fundamental assumption of conversation analysis? a. Conversation is a socially structured activity

b. Conversations include established rules of behavior. c. Conversation must be understood contextually. d. Same utterance should have the same meaning irrespective of the context. e. All of these choices are fundamental assumptions of conversation analysis.

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Provide an example of your own personal view regarding a social controversy and then contrast this by explaining how sociologists would view this same controversy using the sociological imagination.

What will be an ideal response?

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False consciousness is

A. Marx's term for attitudes that do not reflect the objective position of workers. B. Parsons's concept for a state of euphoria when stability is achieved. C. Leary's term for a false sense of self that is drug-induced. D. Marx's concept for actions that do not reflect the objective position of workers.

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