Distinguish between social classes and social castes
What will be an ideal response?
Castes are social strata into which people are born and in which they remain for life. Membership in a caste is an ascribed status. Classes are social strata based primarily on economic criteria such as occupation, income, and wealth. Class membership is more open, and in modern times there is a good deal of mobility between classes.
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a. How the identity is translated into way of life is largely absent in surveys. b. Most people won't admit to a homosexual orientation. c. Females are much more willing to be honest in such surveys. d. There is a heavy amount of bias built into these surveys.
Substantial research evidence supports the idea that major depressive disorder is linked to several physiological and genetic causes including
A. low blood pressure. B. accelerated heart rate. C. imbalance in neurotransmitters. D. slow metabolism.
When a researcher focuses on a single event, situation, or individual, the resulting research is known as ________
A) an experiment B) fieldwork C) a case study D) secondary analysis
In the 1970s and 1980s, the primary force behind suburbanization was
A. increased racial animosity and violence. B. the wholesale export of jobs overseas. C. housing decline in urban areas. D. the mortgage crisis.