The process by which society influences members to internalize attitudes and expectations is called
a. socialization.
b. psychological acquisition.
c. role playing.
d. status conferral.
a
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What will be an ideal response?
The increase in the number of older people living in the United States and other high-income nations resulted from an increase in life expectancy (greater longevity) combined with: a. low mortality rates
c. a stabilizing of birth rates. b. a decrease in birth rates. d. low crime rates.
An experiment to find out what effect gender had on the starting salary a person was offered across different occupations and seniority levels would examine______ as the independent variable and ______ as the dependent variable.
A. gender; starting salary B. starting salary; gender C. gender; seniority level D. starting salary; occupational type
One rule of exogamy is the requirement that we marry someone of the opposite sex. Until recently, this was taken for granted. Why is this important for society?
a. It maintains the sanctity of marriage. b. It ensures reproduction and the continuation of the species. c. The rule justifies discrimination and miscegenation. d. It creates a necessary opening for homosexual marriages.