Which of the following illustrates institutional discrimination?
A. A country club has a rule specifying that no Italians or Jews may be members.
B. A mental institution in New York will not allow residents of Connecticut to receive services in the facility.
C. To save money, a city fires all employees hired during the last three years. During the last three years, the city has had an aggressive minority-hiring program, and the majority of those fired are therefore members of various minority groups.
D. A prejudiced personnel officer secretly refuses to hire women.
C. To save money, a city fires all employees hired during the last three years. During the last three years, the city has had an aggressive minority-hiring program, and the majority of those fired are therefore members of various minority groups.
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a. social distance b. racial bias c. gender inequality d. economic disparity
The theorist who views the social order as resulting from and in harmony with his eight stages was
A) Freud. B) Piaget. C) Mead. D) Erickson.
Couples often experience elevated conflict the day after an argument because:
A) intimate partners hold grudges. B) they slept poorly after the argument. C) arguments elevate their cortisol levels. D) they are insecurely attached.
Which of the following methods should be used to build stepfamily strength?
A. Stepparents must avoid favoritism in dealing simultaneously with their "real" children and their stepchildren. B. Stepparents should go out of their way to please stepchildren, and the chances for success in the new marriage vastly improves. C. Stepparents should try to replace the former or biological parent. D. Stepparents should play the "superstepmother" or "superstepfather" role in order to build a solid new marriage.