Kaitlyn is a 65-year-old white woman and, as such, certain attitudes and behaviors are expected of her in her small New England town. Those statuses over which she has no control and yet lead others to have certain expectations of her would be considered her __________.
A. master status
B. ascribed status
C. achieved status
D. role
Answer: B
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a. processes of power and wealth b. processes by which populations change and communities form c. interactions between groups of people in communities d. distributions of resources in communities
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. When men in female-dominated fields are promoted faster than women b. The invisible barrier that keeps women from reaching the top positions in their fields c. Laws that keep women from obtaining the top positions in their fields d. The invisible barrier between male-dominated fields and female-dominated fields
Few sociologists today use the controlled experiment in research because:
A) it is too expensive B) most people don't want to be studied like rats in a lab C) most sociologists want to study behavior as it occurs in the real world D) complex social interactions cannot take place in a lab setting.