When an ethnic subpopulation adapts the ways of the more dominant ethnic population, _________ has occurred.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


assimilation

Sociology

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a. the late night shift of a 24-hour service facility b. the second job of people working two or more jobs c. the work outside the home followed by childcare and housework d. child care centers that offer after school care facility to single working moms

Sociology

A society possesses surplus wealth when the amount of available food items and other products exceeds that required to

a. subsist. b. live a comfortable life. c. ensure long life expectancy. d. ensure leisure time.

Sociology

Jenny does not possess the calculating skills to balance her checkbook or to file her tax return. From a sociological point of view, she is

a. undereducated. b. unschooled. c. functionally illiterate. d. a social misfit.

Sociology

Paul R. is a prominent psychiatrist who uses narcotics to relax at the end of the day. Although he is addicted to them, no one else knows about it. Such behavior is an example of:

a. derived deviance b. primary deviance c. secondary deviance d. secret deviance

Sociology