Which of the following is the BEST example of a latent function of going to college?
A. providing skills needed for later jobs
B. keeping young people out of the labor force, which may not have jobs for them
C. gaining the knowledge required to be an active and thoughtful citizen
D. giving young people experience living on their own
Answer: B. keeping young people out of the labor force, which may not have jobs for them
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When belief in the inheritance of behavior patterns and in an association between physical and cultural traits is coupled with the feeling that certain groups are inherently superior to others, it is called ________
a. racism b. marginality c. pluralism d. racial formation
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The Philadelphia Negro is the first major sociological study of an African American community ever published in the United States. 2. Du Bois largely ignored demographic data when performing research in the Seventh Ward for his work The Philadelphia Negro. 3. One of the strengths of Du Bois’s study is that he completed 5,000 surveys and interviews with residents of the Seventh Ward. 4. Du Bois systematically sets out the specific social consequences of prejudice and discrimination within The Philadelphia Negro.
________ refers to male dominance in work-related roles and is reflected in the fact that men tend to make the rules and enforce them, and they receive unequal and greater rewards
a. Corporate paternalism b. Capitalist patriarchy c. Seniority system d. Corporate tenure
The last passenger pigeon died in the United States in what year?
a. 1790 b. 1808 c. 1914 d. 1998