What are the positive and negative sides of ethnocentrism?

What will be an ideal response?


Positive—Ethnocentrism creates in-group loyalties.Negative—Ethnocentrism can lead to discrimination against people whose ways differ from our own.

Sociology

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Romero (cited by Aulette) identified a number of strategies Chicana domestic workers use to maintain control over their work. Their overriding goal is to

a. leave domestic work in favor of better paying, more regular jobs. b. move away from selling their labor and toward selling a service. c. becoming more equal social friends with their employers. d. sending their children to college so the next generation will not have to rely on domestic work.

Sociology

Which class of parent conforms to “concerted cultivation”?

a. working-class b. poor c. middle-class d. elite

Sociology

Abortion rates tend to be highest when other methods of contraception are not readily available to women

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Which of the following was a consequence of scientific management?

A. Workers were de-skilled and more vulnerable to layoffs. B. Productivity decreased. C. Factory managers lost control of the production process. D. Workers became more difficult to replace.

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