A member of a rural Indian tribe in Central America who is suddenly taken to a large city, such as Mexico City, will probably experience
A. cultural relativity.
B. cultural diffusion.
C. culture shock.
D. cultural integration.
C. culture shock.
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What will be an ideal response?
Sociologist Robert Park coined the term __________ to refer to persons (such as immigrants) who simultaneously share the life and traditions of two distinct groups. It is the state of being part insider and part outsider in the social structure
a. alienation b. stigmatization c. social marginality d. anomie
Which of the following statements regarding population and population growth in less developed countries (LDCs) is true?
A. LDCs now contain a third of the world's population. B. In several LDCs the population is declining. C. The population in LDCs is growing today but will begin to decline in 2030 due to the rapidly aging population. D. The population in LDCs is likely to grow rapidly because so many people are of childbearing age.
In light of the research on gender and student evaluations of professors, what might you reasonably conclude when seeing an online rating for a female professor that describes her in negative terms such as “disorganized”?
A) The professor is likely to be disorganized and an inadequate teacher because student evaluations tend not to be biased in ways related to gender. B) The professor is likely a better teacher than reviews reflect, because being organized is not an important quality in a professor in the eyes of students. C) The professor is probably worse than she is being described, as research shows that student evaluations unfairly favor female professors because femininity is associated with teaching. D) The professor is likely being unfairly evaluated, since student evaluations tend to be disproportionately skewed against women and terms like “disorganized” are disproportionately used to describe them.