In the classic University of Minnesota study of self-fulfilling prophecies in the physical attractiveness domain:
A) before the participants began talking, the experimenter gave each male subject fake information about the female participant's socioeconomic status.
B) the female target with whom the subjects interacted was selected to be attractive or unattractive depending on the experimental condition.
C) the male subjects thought they knew what the female target looked like but could not see her during the conversation.
D) priming was used to create a physical attractiveness stereotype.
B) the female target with whom the subjects interacted was selected to be attractive or unattractive depending on the experimental condition.
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A local restaurant and bar is hiring wait staff and bartenders for the upcoming summer season. Four applicants have applied for the job: Jerry, a 57-year-old man with over 30 years of bartending experience; Sandra, a 43-year-old women with 25 years of waitressing experience; Ken, a 23-year-old man who just completed his bartender certification; and Jenna, a 21-year-old woman looking for her first
restaurant waitress job. After conducting interviews, the manager gives the bartending job to Ken and the waitress job to Jenna. Part of his reasoning is that their youthfulness will draw more business to the restaurant and bar. In fact, no one working in the restaurant or bar is over the age of 30. The __________ would call this restaurant’s staffing patterns into question. A) Age Discrimination in Employment Act B) Social Security Act C) National Employment Act D) Older Workers Anti-Discrimination Act
One of the greatest concerns for the future is the __________ of U.S. workers
a. underemployment b. employment c. pay gap d. pension plans
Sociologist __________ believed that deviance is rooted in societal factors such as rapid social change and lack of social integration among people. As social integration (bonding and community involvement) decreased, deviance and crime increased.
A. Edwin Sutherland B. Robert Merton C. Walter Reckless D. Emile Durkheim
The correspondence principle refers to schools that perpetuate social-class integration within a community setting.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)