Which factor tends to raise your social standing?
a. divorce
b. leaving school to get a job
c. marrying and stay married
d. having children
c
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A person's ranking along several social dimensions, particularly education, occupational prestige, and income is called social standing
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
One of the stipulations of affirmative action is that an employer not impose an arbitrary rule on hiring based on his or her own predispositions. An example of this would be a Human Resource manager
a) who likes to talk with younger applicants and interviews them before older applicants. b) with a shift at night to fill, interviews people who check the "night shift" box before those who checked "day shift." c) who interviews only women to fill the position of a women's lingerie sales person. d) automatically removes applicants who do not have the required college credits.
Most workers in preindustrial economies (such as hunting and gathering, horticultural and pastoral, and agrarian societies) engage in __________ production, which is the extraction of raw materials and natural resources from the environment
a. secondary sector b. tertiary sector c. primary sector d. quartiary sector
Stratification is another term for ______.
A. prejudice B. discrimination C. the unequal distribution of valued resources D. status symbol