Philip Zimbardo's study of a simulated prison environment that used college students as prisoners and prison guards
A. demonstrated that a social structure can influence the type of social interactions that occur.
B. indicated that social interactions are not influenced by social structure characteristics.
C. demonstrated that a social structure cannot influence the type of social interactions that occur.
D. indicated that it is impossible to replicate a "real life" situation in a laboratory.
Answer: A
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a. the culture of violence. b. violent media programs and video games. c. rapid social change. d. poverty and social inequality.
Will Herberg explored the connection between which of the following in regards to American assimilation?
A. religion and ethnicity B. religion and race C. ethnicity and class D. race and class
The refined divorce rate is:
a) The ratio of divorces to marriages in a given year. b) About 50 per 100 married couples. c) The number of people who divorced in a given year. d) The number of divorces that occur in a given year for every 1,000 married women. e) About 220 per 1,000 adults age 15 and over.
In a study of 1,000 college students, the researchers found that college students:
a) most often claimed that single people were kind, caring, giving, happy, and loving. b) were equally positive toward married people and single people. c) assigned more negative traits to singles than to married people. d) believed that married people are most likely to be lonely and unhappy. e) believed that White singles were happy and loving, but Black singles were lonely and unhappy.