The concept of structural social mobility refers to ________
a. cultural beliefs that justify social stratification.
b. change in social position due to people's own efforts.
c. change in the social position of many people due to changes in society itself.
d. change in a family's social position from one generation to the next.
Answer: c
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a. organic disorder b. anxiety disorder c. affective disorder d. depressive disorder
Kaufman's study of newly Orthodox Jewish women indicates that
A) these women value the family purity laws and other halakic prescriptions in part because such rituals give them control of their sexuality.
B) most of these women identify themselves as feminists.
C) the majority of these women regret their decision to convert to Orthodoxy because they find it far too repressive.
D) these women tend to feel diminished in status relative to their Orthodox husbands.
In his text, George Ritzer defines globalization as an increased flow of people, products, and processes around the world. Consider the way that globalization affects your experience of college education. Describe how one product or process has changed the experience of college education for you through the effects of globalization. Give concrete factors describing why the product or process you describe is part of globalization.
What will be an ideal response?
In terms of the forms of misperception that recur in cases of international war, the preoccupation with one's need to avoid humiliation by determined fighting is referred to as a(n) ________.
A. moral self-image B. absence of empathy C. chauvinistic perspective D. virile self-image