Which of the following is an example of an interest group?
A. the U.S. Senate
B. a manufacturers’ association
C. an extended family
D. a high school football team
Ans: B
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Jacob is an elementary school teacher (working in a female dominated profession) who the superintendent has singled out for special attention. The superintendent believes that he would make an outstanding school principal someday. Jacob is experiencing a phenomenon known as
a. glass elevator. c. commodification. b. glass ceiling. d. misandry.
Which of the following was an important cause of the change in society’s attitudes toward the elderly in the 1800’s?
a. urban and industrial growth b. higher birthrates c. religious freedom d. advances in medicine
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. A higher value is placed on boys than on girls in most societies around the world. 2. The superego refers to the lifelong process by which we acquire the knowledge, cultural values, and skills needed to function as human beings and participate in society. 3. Piaget’s concrete operational thought stage begins at adolescence and continues through adulthood—children develop capacities for abstract thought and can conceptualize more complex issues or rules that can be used for problem solving. 4. George Herbert Mead identified four stages of cognitive development that are rooted in biology and based upon age: the sensorimotor intelligence; preoperational thought; concrete operational thought: and formal operational thought. 5. Social learning theory developed by Alfred Bandura (1973; 1977; 1997) promoted the idea that children learn by reinforcement to state that children also learn by watching and imitating others.
Which group most benefits from the principles of economic neoliberalism?
A. the working class B. the government sector C. marginal groups D. investors and capitalists