The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life are superior to all others is termed ________
a. cultural relativism
b. ethnocentrism
c. prejudice
d. assimilation
b
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Shared child raising has been found among all of the following EXCEPT:
a. African Americans. b. Native Americans. c. Chicanos d. Chinese
____ are those for which a limited, predetermined set of answers is possible
a. Questionnaires b. Closed-ended questions c. Open-ended questions d. Random samples e. Qualitative variables
Attributing deviant behavior to one's genentic dispostion is viewing deviant behavior from a constructionist perspective.
A. True B. False
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