Geoffrey is a paraplegic. His disability sets him apart and he often feels the __________ of being devalued and disgraced

A) stigma
B) matrix of domination
C) master status
D) social movement


Answer: A

Sociology

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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One requirement for buying a McDonald's franchise is that an applicant must have $750, 000 of unborrowed cash on hand. This requirement represents which one of the following features of a bureaucracy?

a. a clear-cut division of labor b. organizational personnel treat clients as cases c. authority belongs to the position, not the person d. positions are filled on the basis of objective criteria

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Based on research using the social distance scale, you can correctly say that U.S. college students today

a. are less prejudiced than students were fifty years ago. b. see less difference between minority categories than students did fifty years ago. c. express greater prejudice toward Arabs than African Americans. d. All of these responses are correct.

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