The creation of unreliable generalizations that distort the reality of persons, groups, and cultures is indicative of
A. stereotyping.
B. the surveillance function.
C. posture enabling.
D. the narcotizing dysfunction.
Answer: A
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a. women are having more children. b. women are marrying earlier in life. c. more adults are delaying having children or choosing to remain childless. d. most men are now marrying before age twenty.
Testing people's fear of flying shortly following a well-publicized major airplane crash might produce a(n)
a. age effect. b. time-of-measurement effect. c. practice effect. d. cohort effect.
In resisting segregation, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is well known for its
A. commitment to nonviolent civil disobedience. B. use of lawsuits in the courts. C. strategy of running candidates for public office. D. adherence to the philosophy of Black power.
The Arab social structure is
a. patrilineal.
b. matriarchal.
c. democratic.
d. authoritative.