A gym buys uniforms for employees. All of the uniforms are in men's large size, and the gym only hires people who will comfortably fit into the uniforms. As a result of this policy, the gym does not hire any women. This is an example of ________.
A. pluralism
B. instrumentality
C. expressiveness
D. institutional discrimination
Answer: D
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Which of the following statements is true about voting in the United States?
A. In every presidential election since 1996, women have voted at lower rates than men. B. Historically, and across all elections, voting rates decrease with age. C. At each successive level of educational attainment, the voting rate increases. D. Young people have high voting registration rates and are more likely to reregister. E. Low-income people are more likely to vote than high-income people.
A questionnaire item, distributed to a random sample of adults, reading "Are you not in support of nationalized health care", with a yes or no possible response, would violate which concept?
a. Avoid double-barreled questions b. Avoid leading the respondent c. Avoid meaningful questions d. Avoid negative items e. Respondents should be competent to answer
When a prison offers educational opportunities, mental health treatment, and job training programs to inmates, which response to deviance is it engaging in?
a. restitutive b. repressive c. rehabilitative d. recidivist
Which of the following factors strengthens the argument that marianismois more of an ideal than a reality inLatino society?
A) Girls are more likely to be monitored and supervised.
B) There is growing acceptance of the traditional gender roles in Latino society.
C) More Latino men participate in domestic work and child rearing activities now than ever before.
D) There is a high incidence of nonmarital pregnancy among Latina adolescents.