According to the text, those who take an absolutist approach to deviance often have perceptions of “what deviants are like” that rely on ______.
A. empirical research
B. stereotypes
C. impartial
D. unbiased
B. stereotypes
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An Israeli soldier remarks "The Palestinian boys would look at you with hatred, such hatred that it reminded me of how the Jews in concentration camps in the Holocaust looked at [the guards]. You are the most evil thing on earth right now…". Charles Horton Cooley would argue that the guard imagining himself from the perspective of the Palestinian boys represents the dynamics of
a. "I". b. "me". c. looking-glass self. d. cognitive development.
As adults, well-off Black Americans are less likely to have acquired knowledge from their parents about how to invest wisely than their White counterparts. This is a result of ________
a. affirmative action b. environmental justice c. wealth inequality d. reverse discrimination
If 100 working-class people move upward on the class ladder and, at the same time, 100 middle-class people move downward, sociologists would consider this an example of ________ mobility
A) structural B) intergenerational C) upward D) exchange
Why is George Simmel sometimes thought a postmodern theorist? Select all, but only those that apply.
a. Simmel offers a grand narrative about the dominance of Western culture. b. Simmel is generally opposed to totalizations. c. Simmel was an idler, or he examines a wide variety of social phenomena. d. Simmel was a handyman who made use of the knowledge available to him.