Which psychologist’s research initiated the concept of six degrees of separation?
a. Stanley Milgram
b. Duncan Watts
c. Max Weber
d. Sigmund Freud
a. Stanley Milgram
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The process of denying certain opportunities and equal rights or privileges to individuals and groups is known as ________
a. prejudice b. assimilation c. discrimination d. ethnocentrism
The greater the functional importance of a social role, the greater the reward must be, making social stratification a result of the inherent unequal value of different work. Which of the following theoretical frameworks would make this argument?
A. Conflict Theory B. Functionalism C. Symbolic Interactionism D. World Systems Theory
Although research findings vary somewhat, most studies find that women spend __________ more time on various household tasks than men do.
A. 50-100 percent B. 30-40 percent C. 20-30 percent D. 5-15 percent
What can we conclude about gender comparisons in the ability to decode another person’s emotions?
A) Women are consistently more accurate than men in decoding facial expressions. B) Women are usually more accurate than men in decoding facial expressions. C) Gender differences are seldom found in cultures outside North America. D) The only gender difference in this area is that men are more accurate than women in decoding emotion from the tone of a person’s voice.