Exploring Norms and Symbols in SportsIn this exercise, you will examine the culture surrounding two sports.There are norms and symbols associated with sports, both for players and for those watching the games. For example, baseball players regularly keep sunflower seeds in their mouths while they play (and spit them out!), and basketball fans try to distract opposing players attempting free throws by shaking things and making loud noises.What does it mean when norms associated with these national symbols are not observed?
What will be an ideal response?
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a within-school achievement gap?
A. differing performance rates between White and Latino students at Edgewood Elementary B. differing performance rates between White and Black students at Edgewood Elementary C. differing performance rates between White students at Edgewood and Latino students at Davis Elementary D. differing performance rates between White students at Edgewood and Black students at Davis E. A & B F. C & D
Since the findings by Costa and McCrae indicating stability in personality over time, more recent research indicates change is also possible. For example, in one study it was found that extraversion and openness decreased with age while ____________ increased over time.
A. impulsiveness B. conscientiousness C. neuroticism D. agreeableness
Summarize secondary sector production and the typical characteristics of industrial economies
What will be an ideal response?
Sociology is the __________.
a. analysis of deviant groups and individuals b. systematic study of human society and social interaction c. scientific analysis of premodern people d. academic discipline that examines individual human behavior