Sociologists do not define the cause of widespread unemployment simply in terms of individual shortcomings because
a. profit-generating strategies include laying off employees.
b. people may decide to quit their jobs.
c. the unemployed could find work.
d. most people are good workers.
a
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The wholesale killing of members of a racial or ethnic group is the definition of
a. hate killing. b. genocide. c. terrorism. d. mission killing.
The notion that language determines our consciousness is the basic premise of which concept?
A) Sapir-Whorf hypothesis B) neo-Darwinism C) pluralism D) symbolic culture
Which of these statements about variables is true? a. A variable must always be very concrete and straightforward
b. A variable must always be as abstract as possible. c. Research is often designed to discover how variables influence each other. d. Only two variables may be included in any particular study.
Which of the following statements is true of assimilation?
A. It is the notion that all ethnoracial qualities are valued equally. B. It is the process by which ethnic groups adopt a hyphenated ethnoracial identity. C. It is the process by which members of minority groups emphasize the importance of the cultural elements that give them identity and make them different from others. D. It is the process by which members of minority groups alter their ways to conform to those of the dominant culture.