Identify one glass barrier experienced by respondents in the survey.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but may include tense relationships with colleagues, supervisors’ biases in achieving promotion, patient stereotypes that inhibit caregiving, and a sense of comfort with some of the feminized aspects of their jobs.
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According to the conflict perspective, the "haves" (the wealthy and powerful elite)
a. are less prejudiced and are less likely to practice discrimination, because they do not perceive minorities as a threat b. deflect attention away from their own greed and exploitation of workers by perpetuating racial and ethnic tensions. c. are more likely than the middle classes to foster minority privileges, because minorities offer an untapped knowledgeable resource. d. believe more strongly than lower social classes that minorities are biologically inferior and less capable of contributing to society.
Alex is a strong Republican from South Dakota with a bachelor's degree in business. He enjoys fishing and snowmobiling. He's generally a happy person, with some tendencies toward an avoidant attachment style. Which of the following women is he likely to form a relationship with?
A) Sally from North Dakota. She is a Republican who majored in economics in college. She enjoys snowmobiling and has an attachment style best described as avoidant. B) June from Alabama. She is a Republican who majored in art history. She's never been on a snowmobile in her life (and doesn't want to be). She tends to be a bit of a pessimist and would best be described as anxiously attached. C) Lucy from California. She is a Democrat. She did not complete college, hates fishing, and tends to be a bit of a grumpy person. D) None of these women are likely to appeal to Alex.
Akbar is an honors student. In sociological terms, being an honors student is an example of ________
a. role conflict. b. master status. c. ascribed status. d. achieved status.
In prison, inmates receive numbers that are often used instead of their names to identify them. What is this an example of?
a. Resocialization b. Bullying c. The generalized other d. A degradation ceremony