A child learns how to communicate using both verbal and nonverbal methods. The channels that provide these methods of communication create meaning for society. Which sociological perspective would propose this?
A. structural functionalism
B. conflict
C. symbolic interactionism
D. social constructionism
Answer: C
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a. managers b. accountants c. lawyers d. corporate leaders and members of corporate boards e. physicians
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a. efficiency b. calculability c. predictability d. control
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A. Racial pseudoscience offered a hierarchical view in which Africans were "below" whites. B. Biblical scripture was used to justify African slavery. C. Black Africans were viewed as an inferior human subspecies. D. All of these answers are correct.
In the Gilbert–Kahl model of the class structure, the group located directly beneath the capitalist class is the ______.
A. upper-upper class B. lower-upper class C. upper-middle class D. lower-middle class