Dr. Carlson is a sociologist who argues that inequality motivates people to achieve. Dr. Carlson is most likely a
a. conflict theorist
b. structural functionalist.
c. symbolic interactionist
d. postmodernist
b
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A researcher hypothesizes that people of personality type K score higher than people of personality type R on an intelligence test
The SDifference turned out to be .9, while the mean score of type K people was 18.8 and the mean score for type R people was 21.3. What is the t score? A) t = (18.8–21.3) / .92 = –3.09 B) t = (18.8–21.3)(.3) = 8.33 C) t = (18.8–21.3) / .9 = –2.78 D) t = (18.8–21.3) / [(2)(.9)] = –1.39 Answer: C
Our earliest and most systematic attempts to understand deviance is linked to biology.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to ________, stratification is universal and that social inequality is necessary so that people will be motivated to fill functionally important positions.
A. Ralf Dahrendorf B. Pitirim Sorokin and William Ryan C. Karl Marx D. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore
Our textbook authors posit that with respect to contemporary gender roles in the U.S.:
A. both females and males have desirable, and undesirable, traits that are not based on their sex. B. women are assumed to have sex-based traits that are more desirable than the sex-based traits men are assumed to have. C. men are assumed to have sex-based traits that are more desirable than the sex-based traits women are assumed to have. D. males are assumed to be superior to females because, as a group, they are physically stronger than females.