The wage gap between blacks and whites can be attributed to all of the following EXCEPT:

a. different levels of work experience.
b. discrimination.
c. differences in willingness to work.
d. different levels of education.


c

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When we fall into the act of stereotyping we

a. celebrate our own culture. b. gloss over the individual differences within society. c. can avoid being ethnocentric. d. end up promoting a culture promotes multiculturalism.

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According to the text, the learned helplessness theory

a. is based on the idea that people become depressed when they think they have no control over their lives. b. is embraced by feminist theorists who believe that women sometimes contribute to their own helplessness. c. supports research findings that women in high-income, high-status jobs experience lower levels of psychological well-being because of work-related pressures and stress. d. is embraced by feminist theorists who believe that the powerlessness in women's lives is an objective condition.

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When a riot broke out in the city of Verdana, the police tried to hold back the crowd using water cannons. According to structural strain theory, the action taken by the police to regulate the crowd can be best described as _____.

A. mass hysteria B. milling C. structural conduciveness D. propaganda E. social control

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Describe ethnomethodology and explain its strength as a method for understanding social interaction

What will be an ideal response?

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