Identify the various agents of socialization and discuss the importance of each in the formation of a social self.

What will be an ideal response?


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Contemporary social welfare policies remain preoccupied with:

a. Black men's sexual freedom b. Black women's fertility c. profits for private companies where recipients shop for necessities d. fairness for Black families in poverty

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Jonathan Kozol, author of "Savage Inequalities," visits a classroom in Rye, New York that is discussing equality and race. Which of the following is not a general position expressed by the class?

a. fiscal inequalities matter a great deal in shaping what a school can offer. b. racial integration would meet with strong resistance in their community. c. if instituted immediately, Affirmative Action programs would greatly enhance the school's reputation and the students' experiences. d. equity may be desirable, but it would make no difference in the long run.

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In studies of twins that had supposedly proven that IQ was hereditary (which was later disproven), what was the main methodological problem?

A) The studies had too much data. B) The interviews were inconclusive. C) The twins were all from the same class background. D) The twins were dishonest about their IQ scores.

Sociology

In the United States, a prominent instance of segregation is that of

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Sociology