A status that is acquired at birth and cannot be changed is:
a. ascribed status
b. achieved status
c. hierarchical status
d. master status
A
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Recidivism
a. means that because most prisoners hate prison life they will not commit more crimes. b. means that overcrowded conditions in prisons foster crimes within the prison itself. c. refers to the repeated return to crime of people who have been released from prison. d. refers to attempts to rehabilitate criminals.
According to research on deception and lying, which of the following statements is true?
A) Most lies in close relationships are easily detected by the liar's partner. B) Most of the lies people tell are small, white lies of convenience. C) Most lies are told to benefit others. D) Most lies in close relationships are greedy, consequential lies.
Alienation refers most closely to ______.
A. the separation of families when undocumented migrants emigrate for the purposes of earning income for their families B. the process of how social classes migrate over historical periods from one geographical region to another C. the fact that there are contradictions within and between the economic and social orders that create change in society D. a situation in which workers' labor to make a product is separated from that product by it being sold in the market
List and define the four types of conflict:
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.