Carl is one of the most valuable carpenters on the work site. He is the one the foreman turns to when there is a particularly difficult piece of work. Smoking is not allowed on the job site, but everyone knows that Carl sometimes goes behind the construction shack to have a smoke. The foreman never mentions it. The foreman's behavior is
a. illegal discrimination.
b. bureaucratic rigidity.
c. an indulgency pattern.
d. whistle-blowing.
e. resistance.
c
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b. The tests have at least some degree of cultural and gender bias. c. The SATs do not predict school performance very well. d. Only a limited range of abilities is measured by the tests.
About which issue did sociologist Émile Durkheim write?
a. Desegregation in public schools b. Women’s rights c. The function of money d. Suicide
a sociohistorical process in which racial categories are created, given meaning, or destroyed called
What will be an ideal response?
According to the chapter, which of the following is in decline?
a. Atheism and agnosticism b. Mainline churches c. Evangelical churches d. Conservative religious ideology