According to conflict theory, the __________ class does society's dirty work for low wages.

A. lower-lower
B. untouchables
C. poor
D. working


Answer: C

Sociology

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a. women would risk their health by going to college. b. a competitive way of life is "healthy." c. homosexuality is "sick," even though it is biologically natural. d. All of these responses are correct.

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Reality shock is

a. realizing that school is actually difficult. b. realizing that you must move away from home. c. discovering that you do not like your major. d. discovering that the real world doesn't work exactly like it says in the book.

Sociology

Alison and Daniel are young, married, well-to-do ,white professionals. They have recently decided to buy and renovate a run-down brownstone in a Brooklyn, N.Y. neighborhood that was once considered poor. Alison and Daniel are engaging in a process of ______.

A. gentrification B. relocation C. restructuring D. real estate investment

Sociology

One potentially effective step in closing the pay gap that women can take immediately is to

a. threaten the employer.
b. ask for a large raise.
c. quit.
d. ask for a modest raise.

Sociology