Middle-class teachers often come to believe that poor children cannot learn, and these teachers treat them accordingly. Responding to these expectations, poor children often perform poorly in school. This situation involves a/an __________
a. tragedy of minuscule proportions
b. poverty repetition
c. cycle of ignorance
d. expectation drought
e. self-fulfilling prophecy
e
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The homicide rate is highest in:
a. the United States b. Lebanon c. Italia d. Singapore
Sociologist C. Wright Mills states that the _____ emphasizes the connection between personal troubles and structural issues
A) ?historical perspective B) ?sociological imagination C) ?enigmatic perspective D) ?enigmatic behavior E) ?conventional wisdom
Explain what is meant by a movement having a free rider problem. Why is free riding a problem for social movements?
What will be an ideal response?