The idea that "people should have equal rights and opportunities to develop their talents," that all people should begin at the same starting point in a race is termed
a. affirmative action.
b. peonage.
c. equality of result.
d. quota system.
e. equality of opportunity.
e
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Each group was tested at a different room temperature (cool and hot) using dependent measures of number of parts produced and accuracy. What type of design does this study represent? A) a single-group, pretest-posttest design B) a Solomon four-group design C) a multilevel, completely randomized, between-subjects design D) a randomized, posttest-only, control-group design
Which barrier to collective action is generally considered the easiest to overcome?
a. prisoner’s dilemma b. free riding c. coordination d. agency loss
What sociologist first proposed the theory of unequal economic relationships between the countries of the core and the countries of the periphery called “modern world systems”?
a. Andre Gunder Frank b. Samir Amin c. Fernand Braudel d.Immanuel Wallerstein
The collapse of housing prices in 2007-2009 illustrates that:
a. market systems drive less-competitive firms out of business. b. market systems are prone to economic booms and busts. c. market systems generate great income inequality. d. market systems are not as productive as planned economies.