At age three, Bonnie realizes she is female and she wants to become skilled at being a girl. She begins to watch her mother and older sister and to model her behaviors after theirs. Bonnie’s efforts to learn how to act feminine are best explained by which theory?
A. Cognitive development
B. Social learning
C. Psychodynamic (or psychoanalytic)
D. Biological
E. Both B and C
A. Cognitive development
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A moral entrepreneur ______.
A. is an advocate who works to focus attention on an issue he/she believes is important B. determines how the media portrays social problems C. invokes widely held beliefs, values, and preferences D. is solely responsible for the advocacy and promotional work of publicizing and advancing a specific interpretation of an issue
The Republican and Democratic Parties receive federal matching campaign funds based on their presumed viability, which serves to
a. keep the strong parties strong and the weak parties weak. b. keep campaign financing fair and balanced. c. relieve the parties of some fundraising so they can focus on the issues. d. balance the power of the parties by favoring one party in one election and the other party in the next election.
W. E. B. Du Bois argued that enslaved Blacks were in an even more oppressive situation than other subordinate groups because they
A. possessed little wealth, income, or prospects for advancement within the workplace. B. were the subjects of institutional discrimination and unwanted assimilation. C. often failed to receive the reparations for slavery that were rightfully owed to them by former slave owners. D. could not own property, and they could not pass on the benefits of their labor to their children.