The tendency of the first information we receive about others to carry special weight in shaping our overall impressions of them is known as:
A) associative meaning.
B) hindsight bias.
C) the primacy effect.
D) the priming effect.
C) the primacy effect.
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The argument that women are underrepresented in sports because girls are not socialized to participate in athletic activities is representative of ______ perspective.
A. functionalist B. nurture C. nature D. structuralist
Which perspective sees war as a tool of patriarchy?
A. functionalist B. conflict C. feminist D. interactionist
The Enlightenment had an enormous influence on the development of modern sociology because it was characterized by
A. the spread of socialism. B. the influence of religion as a system of authority and law. C. faith in the ability of human reason to solve society’s problems. D. an emphasis on the supernatural.
A major force in the distribution of global power in the 21st century is
a. the emergence of resource-rich Africa as an economic powerhouse b. the spread of NATO into south and east Asia c. the growth of multinational corporate wealth and power d. the shift of wealth away from Europe and North America to Africa and Latin America