In analyzing social inequality, functionalists ask:

a. Who benefits from social inequality and at whose expense?
b. How do people of different social statuses interact?
c. Why are some positions in society more valued than other positions?
d. Why do the disadvantaged lack the work ethic needed to advance?


C

Sociology

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The teaching of social __________, attitudes about the rightness and wrongness of acts, is just as important as teaching people about the appropriateness of acts, if not more important

Fill in the blanks with correct word

Sociology

Which of the following statements describes the phenomenon of "the feminization of higher education"?

A. Women are more likely than are men to be selected for higher management positions. B. Women across all racial and ethnic groups are more likely than men to finish college. C. Women outnumber men by far in college admissions. D. Colleges increasingly focus on educating people about feminism and its effects. E. Students prefer female professors to male professors, which has led to an increase in their numbers.

Sociology

Which of the following is not a characteristic of capitalism?

a. State ownership of basic industries b. Market competition c. Pursuit of profit d. Private property

Sociology

What is most important for the modern feminist movements is an intellectually-grounded critique of patriarchy that simultaneously attends to the distinct meanings of 'womanhood' or 'manhood'. And, of course, it is the job of intellectuals to engage with the public about these distinctions, but to make the argument that they cannot serve as the basis for discrimination against women.

a. socialist feminism b. liberal feminism c. radical feminism d. cultural feminism

Sociology