Which of the following is considered an achieved status?

A. age
B. occupation
C. race
D. gender


Answer: B

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True or False

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a. a medical term. b. the left-hand column of a table. c. someone who crosses a picket line. d. a manager who refuses to bargain in good faith with a collective bargaining agent. e. a worker who abandons his or her union.

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A. State funding for first generation college students is limited. B. White, middle-class cultural norms predominate in the college setting. C. Campus support groups for first generation students are common. D. First generation college students are less intelligent than other students.

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A factor held constant to test the relative impact of the independent variable is known as a

A. control variable. B. dependent variable. C. correlation. D. cross-tabulation.

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