An American who accepts a lifestyle of hard work but rejects the cultural goal of monetary rewards is engaged in
a. conformity
b. innovation.
c. retreatism.
d. ritualism.
d
You might also like to view...
While 36% of American adults think of cities as centers of business, culture, and progress, roughly __________ view cities as centers of crime, poverty, and other social problems
a. 6% b. 36% c. 64%
_____ have answers that can be organized around various categories.
a. Nominal variables b. Numerical variables c. Categorical variables d. Interval variables
What is the most likely reason for the increase in higher education enrollment?
a. cultural changes in the number of women, older persons, and minorities attending college b. government regulations requiring higher education degrees for employment c. personal desires to have more knowledge d. changes in technology that require higher education
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Italian Americans are still subject to many lingering negative beliefs about them. 2. The Catholic Irish invented the big-city political machines. 3. By the turn of the century, the southern, Catholic Irish had begun to overcome the effects of prejudice and discrimination against them. 4. Efforts were made during their immigration to portray the Irish as a distinct "race," revealing biological differences from other white ethnics. 5. The dramatic success of the Irish in local politics soon translated to success in national politics.