In the nineteenth century, violence in children's stories was downplayed, virtually non-existent, and rarely graphic or gory.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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Official arrest rate data show that lower socioeconomic status group members are more likely to be involved in crimes. The chief reason for this appears to be that __________
a. police are assigned to lower-income communities in greater numbers, so there is a tendency for police records to show higher crime rates for those communities b. poverty is the most important cause of crime c. the criminal justice system is run by nonminority individuals who do not arrest and prosecute members of their own groups d. there are biological characteristics which minorities possess that lead them to commit crime e. minority group members commit most crimes
Because of their widespread availability, fewer than 1 million women around the world lack access to contraceptives.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Match the following definitions and concepts with the correct word from the word bank. Not all words will be used and no word will be used twice.
1. This is any knowledge, opinion, or belief about the environment, about oneself, or about one’s behavior. 2. This is a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor. 3. This is anything, either concrete or abstract, that can become an object of thought and evaluation. 4. This is a classification system created for the purpose of organization and/or systematic study. 5. The idea that humans can be improved by strictly controlled breeding. 6. This is a term that refers to mixed-race marriage or sexual relations and thought by some to cause the degradation of the white race. 7. These are mate selection norms that require (or strongly encourage) individuals to marry within ‘their own kind’. 8. A form of prejudice or discrimination, often occurring within minority communities, where people are treated differently based on skin color. 9. A type of socialization occurring primarily in Asian and Hispanic American families that emphasizes the interconnectedness of family members and placing the family’s needs above one’s own. 10. This is the cultural emphasis on obedience to authority, proper decorum in public settings, and deference to elders found in Hispanic American families. 11. A belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs. 12. These are external, observable traits, as an expression of genes, the environment, and interactions between the two. 13. A pseudoscience practiced by the American School—and used as a justification for slavery—in which the character of a person was believed to be predictable from the measurement of the body, especially the facial features. 14. According to Anzaldua, these are experiences or activities which disrupt the smooth flow, or complacency, of life, propelling the soul to do its work and increase consciousness of itself. A. physiognomy B. familism C. attitude object D. Coatlicue states E. attitude F. no-drop rule G. cognition H. miscegenation I. Tlazolteotl J. eugenics K. endogamy L. phenotypes M. colorism N. egalitarianism O. exogamy P. taxonomy Q. respeto R. natural selection
Sociologists use a _____ approach to study the social world.
a. traditional b. positivist c. theological d. egalitarian