Differentiate between how girls and boys often used gay and fag differently.

What will be an ideal response?


Gay was used as an adjective referring to inanimate objects and male or female people, whereas they used fag as a noun that denoted only unmasculine males. Students used gay to describe anything from someone’s clothes to a new school rule that they did not like.

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Because customs differ across cultures, behavior that may be normative in one culture may be indicative of problems in another. This points to the importance of understanding __________ when defining psychopathology.

A. sociocultural influences B. biological influences C. psychological influences D. life-cycle influences

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Chicano/Chicana (Mexican American) activism gave __________ a central place as a distinctive cultural value

a. machismo b. la familia c. individualism d. homogeneity

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Which of the following is NOT one of the occupational skills that employers are most interested in, according to the text?

a. the ability to follow specific orders b. the ability to write and speak fluently c. the ability to solve problems d. the ability to work well with others e. the ability to analyze information

Sociology

This "organization depends on the environment for pol and econ resources."

A. Political economy model B. Human relations theory C. Learning organization theory D. Decision theory

Sociology