In relation to types of groups, describe sociologist William Graham Sumner's theory on ingroups and outgroups

What will be an ideal response?


The following are suggested areas for students to address in their essays: Describe the term "ingroups" and provide examples

Describe the term "outgroups" and provide examples

Discuss how ingroups and outgroups influence a person's behavior

Encourage students to include any personal experiences in relation to ingroups and outgroups in their responses

Sociology

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a. Income of Latinos and blacks is at parity with whites b. Unemployment rates are the same for whites and minorities c. Substantial educational inequalities between whites and minorities still exist d. White teen unemployment rates are particularly high as compared to other racial or ethnic groups

Sociology

Recent Supreme Court decisions have

a. eliminated almost all forms of legal abortion. b. denied states' authority to regulate abortion. c. restricted women's options in seeking an abortion. d. extended Roe v. Wade guidelines for having an abortion.

Sociology

Family protective factors are those that ___________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.

Sociology

In the early twentieth century, _____ were passed that allowed all public facilities in the South to be segregated, under the principle of separate but equal.

A. emancipation proclamations B. Black Codes C. Jim Crow laws D. sharecropper fairness laws

Sociology