Because it is impossible to describe a culture or way of life that everyone in a society shares in all its aspects, sociologists look to as what hold people together as a culture
a. folkways
b. cultural universals
c. cultural anchors
d. geographic forces
c
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According to the text, official racial and ethnic categories
a. were used in the past to rationalize the enslavement of Africans. b. were based primarily on social traits. c. are government definitions based on languages spoken. d. are based strictly on skin color.
Elaborate on George Herbert Mead's three stages of the socialization process.
What will be an ideal response?
Within the pluralistic model to power this group holds the bulk of the power.
A. insider group B. outsider group C. tertiary group D. both "insider group" and "outsider group"
Tammy is creating a composite measure to examine life satisfaction and she is trying to decide whether to include the categories of very very dissatisfied and very very satisfied or to simply leave the extreme categories as very dissatisfied and very satisfied. She turns to you for help. Which of the following statements would not help her because it is FALSE? a. This is a variance issue
b. Typically as the possible extremes of an index are extended, fewer cases are to be found in each extreme. c. The range of measurement in an index is an advantage of an index and therefore she should include the most extreme categories to take advantage of the full range. d. She needs to think about both the range of her index as well as whether there will be an adequate number of cases at each point in the index. e. All of these statements are CORRECT.