According to Robert K. Merton, a manifest function of education is the transmission of knowledge and skills from one generation to the next; a latent function is the establishment of social relations and networks
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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The Thomas theorem states that situations that are defined as real become real due to their consequences
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
W.E.B. Du Bois described African Americans as having a "double consciousness" because
a. most felt that, compared to white people, they had to be twice as careful in how they acted. b. there is a double disadvantage in being both poor and black. c. black people have to work twice as hard as whites to get the same reward. d. they are American citizens who have a second identity based on skin color.
A(n) __________ is a group to which a person belongs and with which the person feels a sense of identity
a. ingroup b. outgroup c. formal group d. reference group
Applying convergence theory in his study of a lynch mob, social psychologist Hadley Cantril found that __________
a. the participants came from widely divergent backgrounds b. participants shared traits that made them susceptible to joining a lynch mob even when they didn't know the target of the lynching c. the participants came primarily from the middle and upper-middle classes d. participants knew, and did not like, the target of the lynching