Which five types of urban dwellers did Gans (1968, 1991) identify?

What will be an ideal response?


Gans divided urban dwellers into five types: (1) cosmopolites, (2) singles, (3) ethnic villagers, (4) the deprived, and (5) the trapped. Gans's categories are interesting, but do not completely describe the people living in a city.

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a. Separatism b. Cultural pluralism c. Assimilation d. Amalgamation

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If only information that supports the research hypothesis is published, researcher bias has occurred

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Durkheim's famous study of suicide employed which method?

a. analysis of manifest content b. analysis of latent content c. focus groups d. analysis of existing statistics e. historical research

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According to Hall (2015 ), which of the following statements is true of marijuana usage?

A) It makes one self-dependent. B) It minimizes one's risk of a car crash. C) It is associated with the use of other illicit drugs. D) It is mostly used by people aged 26 to 34 years.

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