Twenty years ago, few people in the United States had never heard of naan--an oven-baked flat bread that is a staple of many Indian meals. Today, prepackaged naan can be found in many U.S. supermarkets and is becoming increasingly common on dinner tables from California to Kansas. Sociologists would say that this is an example of ______.
A. cultural assimilation
B. cultural diffusion
C. cultural transfusion
D. cultural fission
B. cultural diffusion
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To the extent that the variables do not meet the assumptions of regression analysis, coefficients and slopes become
a. greater in value. b. lower in value. c. less trustworthy. d. less representative of the population.
__________ movements seek to bring about a total change in society. These movements usually do not attempt to work within the existing system; rather, they aim to remake the system by replacing existing institutions with new ones
a. Reformb. Religious (expressive) c. Alternative d. Revolutionary
The group's __________ leader serves to reduce conflict.
a. expressive b. authoritarian c. aggressive d. instrumental
The term gender refers to the _____ differences between men and women
a. physical b. social and cultural c. economic d. biological