While sociologists realize there is no such thing as biologically determined race, they recognize that the consequences of perceived differences among people are real. To make this distinction, social scientists use the concept of ____
a. ethnicity
b. ascribed status
c. social race
d. subordination
e. caste
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Psychologist Robert Sternberg proposed a __________ theory of love
a. square b. round c. triangular d. quaternary
Which of the following is the best example of structure?
A. President Barack Obama publicly announcing his support for gay marriage B. a women’s rights activist marching in a protest C. a bisexual teenager coming out to his or her friends and family D. laws against women’s entry into higher education and the paid labor force in the early 1900s
What was the primary way Durkheim differentiated his sociology from psychology?
a. Gave the social prominence over the individual. b. Focused on empirical study and research done with measurements and observations. c. Incorporated evolution into his theory. d. Rejected social realism.