Explain the difference between significant others and the generalized other, as outlined by George Herbert Mead.
What will be an ideal response?
Significant others: According to George Herbert Mead, these are the specific people who are important in children's lives and whose views have the greatest impact on their self-evaluations. Generalized other: The abstract sense of society's norms and values by which people evaluate themselves.
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Because some ethnics came to the United States with sufficient resources to provide a foundation for ________, they differed from racial groups in terms of the nature of their subordinate status
a. self-sufficiency b. upward mobility c. economic progress d. independence
Contrast high-, middle-, and low-income nations.
What will be an ideal response?
The ACLU wrote that, "our every move, our every transaction, our every communication is recorded, compiled and stored away, ready to be used against us." The ACLU was referring to
a. witch hunts. b. the prison industrial complex. c. surveillance. d. censorship.
The process by which successful cultural adaptations are passed down from one generation to the next is termed:
a. adaptation b. assimilation c. cultural evolution d. sociobiology