Recent Chinese immigrants to the U.S. often find jobs working in sweatshops in New York City's Chinatown, where they work 16 or more hours a day in the garment industry, earning less than minimum wage. The big businesses that hire these illegal and often uninformed immigrants illustrate
A. the contact hypothesis.
B. exploitation theory.
C. labeling theory.
D. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
B. exploitation theory.
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Modernization theory, developed by W. W. Rostow in the 1960s, argued that a nation's poverty is mostly because of cultural failings of the people,
who lacked a work ethic and forward planning; the country would develop if it adopted Western economic and cultural values. Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The Intifada refers to the ________
a. uprising against Israel by Palestinians in the occupied territories b. exile of Jews from Palestine, nearly 2,000 years ago c. referendum of Québécois to have their own nation d. yearning to establish a Jewish state in the biblical homeland
Which of the following would constitute an example of Big Data?
a. purchases from online retailers. b. posts on social media sites. c. email messages sent or received. d. searches in major search engines. e. all of these choices are correct.
In the long run, how can problems associated with stigma be overcome?
A. by “turning the other cheek” and ignoring insults B. by helping people with stigmas to change themselves for the better C. by changing cultural beliefs about the nature of stigma D. by decreasing the frequency of interactions between nonstigmatized and stigmatized individuals