In the adoptions presented in the chapter, black was considered a(n) ______ status.
a. master
b. interactive
c. subliminal
d. masked
a. master
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Which of the following is true of knowledge based on tradition and authority?
A. It can be misleading or wrong. B. It exposes myths. C. It challenges overgeneralizations. D. It is the same as knowledge gained by sociological research. E. It influences social policies.
It is assumed that Jewish students are clannish. Therefore, no one who is not Jewish invites any Jewish students to socialize with them. Consequently, the Jewish students socialize with one another. This is an example of:
a. institutionalized racism. b. a self-fulfilling prophecy. c. authoritarianism. d. scapegoating.
According to Shepard, which of the following statements best describes the relationships among the economic, power, and prestige dimensions of stratification?
a. Individuals who are low in the prestige dimension tend to be high on the others. b. Individuals who are high in the economic dimension tend to be low on the others. c. Individuals who are high in one dimension tend to be high on the other two. d. Individuals who are low in the power dimension tend to be high on the others. e. The three dimensions are unrelated.
For sociologists, the concept of “feral children” relates to the fundamental question of:
a. nature/nurture b. cognition/culture c. micro/macro d. individual/group