Which of the following statements is true of dominant groups?
A) ?They can treat other groups as subordinate.
B) ?They are not culturally distinctive.
C) ?They are physically indistinguishable.
D) ?They have a lower social status than minority groups.
E) ?They have less political power than minority groups.
A
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a. There is a split in political goals for the nation. b. There is a surplus in Social Security funds. c. The young volunteer to take elderly into their homes. d. The mental health of older people increases.
The doctrine of cultural relativism asserts that
a. there is no universal set of standards whereby cultural practices can be judged morally, and thus what is right in one culture at one time may be wrong in another culture at another time b. one cannot make moral judgments about cultures c. the standards for judging cultures must be those of a society's elite social groups d. the standards for judging cultures can only be those shared by the majority of the population
Changes in U.S. immigration laws since 1965 have allowed a substantial increase in immigration from Asia and the Pacific Islands
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Roughly speaking, the standard deviation is the average amount that scores differ from the:
A) histogram B) median C) mean D) range