________ refers to positive efforts to recruit members of subordinate groups or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities.
A. Affirmative action
B. Institutional expulsion
C. Segregation
D. Institutional prejudice
Answer: A
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Which of the following is/are among the functional requisites of societies provided by social institutions?
a. replacing members b. preserving order c. providing a sense of meaning and purpose d. all of the above
The human suffering experienced by the people who came in the second great immigration stream is incalculable
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Prejudice is:
a. the belief that people who belong to the same category share common characteristics. b. an irrationally based negative attitude toward categories of people. c. the belief that inherited physical characteristics determine the presence or absence of socially relevant abilities and characteristics. d. the unequal treatment of individuals based on their membership in a category.
Which of the following statements about violence is true?
A. The difference between women and men with respect to more "minor" types of physical violence (e.g., slapping, shoving) is not very large; however, women are more likely to be victims of contact and severe violence. B. Gerald Toobin and colleagues are well known for conducting early scientific surveys on intimate partner violence in the 1970s and 1980s. C. Most of what we know today about intimate partner violence is based on small samples from isolated case files of social workers, and the police. D. Almost one quarter of male and female IPV victims experience some form of physical injury related to their experience of violence.