Recent Chinese immigrants to the United States often find jobs working in "sweatshops" in Chinatown in New York City, where they work 16 or more hours per day in the textile industry, and earn below minimum wage. The big businesses that hire these illegal and often uninformed immigrants are an illustration of ________.
A. self-fulfilling prophecy
B. labeling theory
C. exploitation theory
D. contact hypothesis
Answer: C
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a. objectified. c. institutionalized. b. embodied. d. diffused.
__________ is a purposeful, planned effort intended to impart specific skills and modes of thought
a. Informal education c. Socialization b. Formal education d. Education
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a. a metarule b. a family function c. a family theme d. a family hierarchy
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a. have observed frequencies of 10 or less. b. have expected frequencies of 5 or less. c. have observed frequencies of 5 or less. d. have expected frequencies of 10 or less.