An immigrant from Vietnam was a lawyer in his home country. In the U.S. he cannot practice law, and so he drives a cab for a living. His experience is an example of _____
a. role conflict
b. status inconsistency
c. role strain
d. ascribed status
b
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A small amount of studies have explored the impact of television on children's attitudes. This research shows that television
A) has no impact on minority children's attitudes. B) impacts minority children's attitudes but not white children's attitudes. C) has no impact on white children's attitudes. D) has an impact on both white and minority children's attitudes
Which of the following is a measure of dissimilarity in the distribution of nonwhite households in a city from the distribution that would be expected if there were no segregation?
a. the absorption rate b. the assimilation rate c. the integration index d. the segregation index
Colonization came to an end soon after the Second World War largely because
A. powerful nations no longer had the resources to control less powerful nations. B. colonized people engaged in widespread protests leading to movements for independence. C. nations that had been colonized were so devastated by the war that they had little left to exploit. D. colonized nations had done so much for the war effort that they were granted independence out of gratitude.
Developed by Pierre Bourdieu, ______ refers to the value attached to certain ways of speaking, thinking, and conducting oneself.
A. consumer capital B. cultural capital C. senatorial capital D. combined capital