The class assignment directed the students to examine their own attitudes and beliefs about a specific group of people. What is being described?
a. prejudice
b. racism
c. stereotype
d. discrimination
a. prejudice
@Prejudice best describes attitudes and beliefs about a specific group of people.
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. After working with a team of researchers in an attempt to measure the extent of homelessness in Chicago in the mid-1980s, sociologist Peter Rossi was praised by members of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless for his commitment to rigorous research methods and objective interpretation of data. 2. A primitive tribe that cultivates the soil by hand has much more culture than a modern, computerized society. 3. Kissing is an example of a cultural universal. 4. Funerals are found in every culture and thus are a cultural universal. 5. Viewing people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture is known as cultural relativism.
One in three children worldwide lives in a country where boys are educationally disadvantaged compared to girls
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Howard and Hollander emphasize that when sexual aggressiveness occurs in men it is
a. an expression of gender. b. an expression of their sex. c. the result of insecurity. d. an evolution from other species in the animal kingdom.
Compare and contrast antinatalist and pronatalist policies as they pertain to population growth.
What will be an ideal response?