Generally speaking, U.S. culture favors men over women, whites over minorities, and rich people over poor people. Which key value of U.S. culture identified by Robin Williams Jr. does this pattern of inequality reflect?
a. group superiority
b. practicality
c. material comfort
d. equal oppourtunity
Answer: a. group superiority
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Education is presumed by many people to be the great equalizer in U.S. society
a. true b. false
According to the social class model developed by sociologist Dennis Gilbert, persons in the __________ class (about 14 percent of the U. S. population) are often highly educated professionals who have built careers as physicians, attorneys, stockbrokers, or corporate managers
a. upper-upper b. lower-upper c. upper-middle d. lower-middle
The growth rate __________.
a. by definition is always a positive number to indicate in what ways the population is growing b. can actually indicate the population is shrinking rather than growing c. ignores migration d. can be positive or negative, but not zero
Calculate the value of the mean for the following distribution. StateProportion of Residents without Health InsuranceLouisiana.19New Jersey.13New York.16Pennsylvania.11Rhode Island.09South Carolina.13Texas.25Washington.14Wisconsin.10
What will be an ideal response?