Which of the following statements is true of race?
A. It is determined biologically.
B. It is a social construction.
C. It labels people based on religion.
D. It describes cultural characteristics that one learns.
E. It is conceptually similar to ethnicity.
Answer: B
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a. whether a person is labeled retrospectively or projectively. b. whether the person is subject to punishment or treatment. c. whether the person's deviance is labeled as primary or secondary. d. whether or not the person gets the appropriate care.
The median defines "central tendency" in terms of the
a. most common score b. score of the central case c. most likely or probable score d. largest score
________ promotes a medical rather than criminal approach to drug use by encouraging users to seek treatment and adopting preventive practices
a. Deregulation b. Decriminalization c. Legalization d. Harm reduction
In studying suicide the dramaturgical perspective would look at how family members acted after a suicide and would assess the meaning of the death to the family
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.