Ben is an elementary school teacher and is happy with his job. The principal of his school has been encouraging him to give up teaching for a better paying position as a school administrator. Ben may be experiencing the ______ effect.
A. glass ceiling
B. glass escalator
C. glass wall
D. glass stairwell
Answer: B
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a. Religion b. Political science c. Education d. Sociology
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. Those with strong ties to other movement activists are most likely to join a social movement. b. The most committed activists with any group are those who are acting in defiance of the wishes of their friends and family members. c. Weak ties are actually much more important in maintaining movement participation than strong ties. d. Ties don't matter. Ideological commitments are much more important in determining who joins a social movement and who does not.
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A. it was based on visions of the future. B. it suggests that the suicide rate will rise or fall as those social changes occur. C. Durkheim predicted that there would one day be no suicide at all D. there is no way to tell what might make the rate go up or down in the future