Which sociological perspective would likely view affirmative action as a legislative attempt to reduce inequality embedded in the social structure by increasing the opportunities of groups that have been deprived in the past?
A. Global perspective
B. Functionalist perspective
C. Interactionist perspective
D. Conflict perspective
Answer: D
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a. experts on the demography of Brazil concur that there is no single explanation for the momentous decrease in the country's fertility b. Brazil's fertility control policy is quite similar to that of China c. Brazil's decrease in fertility is solely a consequence of economic development and greater affluence d. the contraceptive choices made by people in Brazil are very different in comparison to people in the United States e. None of the above
Thomas Jefferson removed his denunciation of slavery from his early draft of the Declaration of Independence because
a. of pressure from King George who declared that he was not in fact responsible for slavery in the colonies. b. he himself had slaves. c. of pressure from southern slaveholders and New England slave traders. d. slaves had been freed and the denunciation was obsolete.
According to symbolic interactionists, gender assignment begins a. at birth
b. soon after a child learns to talk. c. when a child enters school. d. with marriage or entrance into the workforce.
Because many variables of interest to social scientists like attitudes of personality characteristics cannot be measured directly, they are referred to as
A) manifest variables. B) dependent variables. C) latent variables. D) extraneous variables.