When the group into which one is born, totally determines one's opportunities throughout life, this status is called

a. Ascribed
b. Achieved
c. Mandated
d. Social


ANS: a

Sociology

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Fill in the blank with correct word

Sociology

In a study of an affluent suburban high school, Larkin found that most of the students

a. were highly motivated and interested in their curriculum. b. occasionally engaged in deviant, anti-adult behavior (drugs and sex) as a means of protest. c. were bored, restless, and skeptical that their future lives would be much better. d. had friendships that crossed racial and social-class lines.

Sociology

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of Cooley's looking-glass self?

a. our imagination of what we must really be like b. our imagination of how our actions appear to others c. our imagination of how others judge our actions d. a self-judgment in reaction to the imagined judgments of others e. none of the above

Sociology

Societies with high crime rates tend to have low levels of:

a. eros. b. alienation. c. philos. d. infatuation.

Sociology