A _____ is defined as a generalization about a group of people that distinguishes them from others.

A. label
B. stereotype
C. code
D. script


Answer: B

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When college students were surveyed about who they would least likely to marry, a(n) ____ rated fifth lowest in desirability, following an embezzler, a cocaine user, an ex-mental patient, and a shoplifter

a. person with body odor c. person with acne b. arrogant person d. obese person

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Marian leads a promiscuous life, deriving pleasure from passionate flings that last only a few weeks at best. She has always been a strong believer of "doing what you want, when you feel like it." She avoids forming intimate relationships because she feels they would lead to pain and heartbreak. Which of the following moral systems can be ascribed to Marian?

A. legalism B. asceticism C. hedonism D. stoicism

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_____ are prostitutes who typically work out of their own residences and make appointments with clients by landlines or cell phones.

A. Call girls B. Pimps C. Streetwalkers D. Masseurs

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According to Freud, a boy shifts to identifying with his father, taking on the father's gender role and acquiring the characteristics expected of males by society during the _____ stage of psychosexual development.

A. oral B. phallic C. rectal D. anal

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