Explain the difference between a primary group and a secondary group, and provide an example of each group of which you are a member.

What will be an ideal response?


Varies. Primary groups are characterized by intense emotional ties, intimacy, and identification with membership in the group. Secondary groups are large, impersonal groups with minimal emotional and intimate ties.

Sociology

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A) has earnings that are comparable to the white middle class B) has businesses that are more susceptible to failure because of government intervention C) still endures various forms of racism D) is increasingly returning to Africa

Sociology

In prediction with one predictor variable, the optimal number to use for beta (the standardized regression coefficient) is the:

A) proportionate reduction in error B) correlation coefficient C) sum of squared roots D) regression constant

Sociology

Which of the following best illustrates what the author calls the globalization of banking?

a. Since new Korean immigrants may have limited funds in the United States, Korean banks can use as collateral money that is still in Korea. b. Now that Korean banks are firmly established in the United States, the government in this country believes them when they are told that money is available, even if it is not in the United States yet. c. There now is a worldwide credit system that links all banks together, so that the actual money does not have to be available in U.S. dollars at the time of the transaction. d. Banks do business all over the globe and are no longer anchored to a "home" country.

Sociology

What will be/are the consequences of climate change?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology