During the process of gentrification, who is often forced out of the blighted areas to make way for new housing?
A. the middle classes
B. the upper classes
C. women
D. the working classes
Answer: D
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a. good mental health b. objective social support c. self-rated life satisfaction in eight domains d. length of undisabled life
SAGE News Clips: Somali Refugees in the United StatesDescription: The small Maine town of Lewiston has become home to more than 5,000 Somali refugees. Migrating to leave war and civil unrest in Somalia, the refugees seek a new start in the United States. While locals were unsure of the Somalis' arrival--fearing the immigrants would not fit in and require welfare assistance--migrants found employment or started businesses. Watch this video to learn more!Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 244, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Symbolic Interactionist Louis Wirth remarked that minority groups share particular traits. According to this theory, which
of the following traits was NOT likely shared by the Somali migrants who moved to Lewiston, Maine? A. Membership in a minority group is essentially involuntary. The Somalis were not free to opt out of their minority group status. B. Minority status is a question of numbers. Because the Somalis did not constitute a majority of the Lewiston population, they were not able to take a position of power. C. Minorities do not share the full privileges of mobility or opportunity enjoyed by the dominant group. The Somali migrants faced some backlash from the local community, at least in the beginning of their lives in Lewiston. D. Membership in the minority group conditions the treatment of group members by others in society. Somali migrants were treated, at least initially, as a category of others regardless of their individual merits or personalities.
A student theorizes that performance on a statistics exam will be related to the number of hours she spent studying. This student will be required to test her theory using
A) common sense. B) reasoning by analogy. C) inferential statistics. D) intuition.
A society has seen a recent influx of immigrants. The members of the government and major businesses for the society must decide how to deal with this. Based on Durkheim's functionalist theory, which of the following would provide the most good for that society?
A. They should try to relocate as many of the immigrants as possible. B. They should move the immigrants into the lower paying jobs that no one else wants. C. They should decide which jobs need the most people and place the immigrants there. D. They should encourage the immigrants to follow the talents they have.