Individuals possess a set of social identities and use these identities to help determine their positions and those of others in the social structure; such identities for a particular individual might include his or her _______________
a. gender
b. political stance
c. racial category
d. ethnic category
e. all of the above
e
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Max Weber claimed that social position was based on a person's
a. economic class, degree of social status, and amount of power. b. innate abilities alone. c. birth alone. d. innate intelligence, birth, and skin color.
Barbara and Jim, who seem to spend a lot of time talking together, claim there is no sexual attraction between them, they are merely good friends. Barbara and Jim could be said to have a(n) __________ relationship
(a) associate (b) empty (c) budding (d) platonic
Evaluate how the distribution of wealth and poverty differs by race, class, gender, and age in the United States, based on the information presented in the textbook.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of these would interest a sociologist who prefers macroanalysis of social interaction?
A. The pattern and content of cliques in a high school B. How laws governing family leave affect families in the United States C. How members of a gang feel about the crimes they commit D. The daily lives of people in a homeless shelter