How does language influence patterns of social inequality?
a. Language has little effect on patterns of race or gender inequality
b. Language may reproduce inequalities through stereotypes and assumptions that may be built into what people say.
c. Studies have proven that what someone is called really doesn't matter, since identity is developed internally by the individual.
d. While language affects patterns of race and gender, there is no indication that it influences patterns of class inequality.
b
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The belief in technological determination overlooks
a. the role of managers b. the role of accounting innovations c. organizational structure d. centralization of decision-making e. national regulations
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A. collectivity B. sample C. population D. subject pool
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a. Self-appointed mind guards b. The illusion of invulnerability c. Self-censorship d. The illusion of unanimity