The DMV clerk passed a civil service examination and a vocational placement test and was eligible to be bonded. Which of the following describes his social status?

a. master status
b. ascribed status
c. achieved status
d. lower status


C

Sociology

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A minority female suffered so much discrimination in her struggle to achieve her goals, she gave up her goals for personal wealth and became a social activist opposing the materialism of American society. According to strain theory, her actions illustrate a. conformity

b. innovation. c. retreatism. d. rebellion.

Sociology

A basketball arena, an airliner, a slice of pizza, and a television set can all be considered examples of

A. xenocentrism. B. nonmaterial culture. C. material culture. D. argot.

Sociology

The notion of ___________________underscores that subordinate groups are conditioned to view the world from the perspective of the dominant group, since the perspective of the latter is embedded in the institutions and practices of that world.

a. bifurcation of consciousness b. standpoint c. feminism d. discrimination

Sociology

How Sternberg's three types of love develop

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology