Which of the following is primary assimilation?
a. Racial and ethnic groups maintain their distinctiveness but respect each other and have equal access to social resources
b. Members of different groups coexist as friends, family, and spouses.
c. Groups become integrated in public areas and in social institutions, such as neighborhoods, schools, and the workplace.
d. A person adopts the culture of a group different from the one in which the person was originally raised.
b
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a. attitudes b. behaviors c. identities d. orientations
Violations of mores carry heavier sanctions than violations of folkways.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Siobhan participated in a sociology experiment in which she and a group of others reviewed and rated job applications for an elementary school teaching position. After the experiment was over, Siobhan was told that the experiment had not just been about rating the applications; it had been about seeing whether the presence of someone making comments that expressed prejudice (for example, in response to a name that might be associated with a particular race, ethnicity, or religious faith) would affect the ratings. This meeting, in which Siobhan learned more about the experiment after she participated, is called
A. clarifying. B. debriefing. C. an exit interview. D. a deposition.
The managing editor of a newspaper acts on an order from the publisher and fires three editors, one of whom is an old friend. This is an example of ________.
A. obedience B. neutralization C. conformity D. deviance