Kendra has just gone into labor with her first child. When the baby is born, the physician declares, "it's a boy!" The physician has just declared the ______ of the baby.

A. gender
B. sex
C. transgender nature
D. intersex nature


Answer: B

Sociology

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Compared to the 1980s, the state of racial desegregation in U.S. schools today is __________.

A) about the same B) worse off C) slightly better D) nonexistent

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Material resources such as the kinds of house in which a student lives, parents' income, and a quiet place to study qualify as

a. informal curriculum. b. cultural capital. c. economic capital. d. formal curriculum.

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Discuss the idea of intersections. Pick a person who you know personally (can include yourself) and: a. describe all of their statuses, ascribed and achieved b. describe at least two situations in which a particular social identity category of the person is more salient (important) than any of the others c. describe a situation in which the combination of the person's social identities makes the situation conflicted or uncomfortable, for the person and for other people. Explain why.

What will be an ideal response?

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