A category of people that is socially identified and set apart both by others and by itself on the basis of unique cultural or nationality characteristics is termed a(n) ____
a. ethnic minority
b. racial minority
c. self-fulfilling prophecy
d. social group
e. reference group
A
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According to symbolic interactionists, the term "visitation rights" a. minimizes the importance of the noncustodial parent's rights
b. gives the noncustodial parent a feeling of involvement in his or her child's life. c. signifies to the child that the noncustodial parent still loves him or her. d. undermines the child's identification with the stepparent.
The phenomenon in which many people who do not lend their support and resources to social movements nonetheless benefit from their accomplishments is referred to as the:
a. free-rider problem b. goal displacement problem c. insincerity problem d. resource mobilization problem
Doctors’ power over their patients increases when
a. ?patients are physically unable to communicate. b. ?doctors work in solo practice. c. ?doctors and patients share the same culture. d. ?doctors and patients share the same language. e. ?doctors belong to the AMA.
Which of the following best describes a field audit?
A. observing racial interactions, between strangers, in public situations B. sending two otherwise similar, but racially different, subjects into similar situations C. sending people of the same race, but with significant differences in education or income, into similar situations D. observing how public institutions, such as banks, treat people of different races and ethnicities