Consider the statement: "Due to social pressures, firms frequently have to hire underqualified women." This illustrates ____ sexism

Sociological research shows that Americans' networks of confidants is shrinking, with many people saying they have no one with whom to discuss important issues. At the same time, our networks are increasing across the globe at the speed of light,

when considering connections to others on the internet. These seemingly contradictory phenomena illustrate A) The sociological perspective B) The both/and perspective C) The functionalist perspective D) The either/or perspective

Joan is not sure if she wants to become an engineer, so she decides to take an internship at a local engineering firm and joins an engineering club at her college. Engineers are Joan's __________________.

a. primary group b. secondary group c. reference group d. ascribed group

When researchers use data from a small group to speculate with some level of certainty about a larger group, they are using ______.

A. inferential statistics B. descriptive statistics C. dependent variables D. independent variables

As a longitudinal experiment, Juan worked with two different groups, one who was receiving a special stress-reduction training, and another who was not. These two groups were matched together on important variables, and a pretest and posttest were both performed. However, he noticed that after sessions the individuals in the stress-reduction training were telling those in the control group about

what they did each day. What form of internal invalidity is this? a. compensation b. compensatory rivalry c. diffusion or imitation of treatments d. demoralization e. history