In modern societies the question of "who gets what, when, and how" is resolved by which of the following?
a. kinship
b. religion
c. the economy
d. the political institutions
D
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A stratification system which is fixed and permanent, with people assigned to their position at birth with no chance of getting out is called
A) Caste B) Class C) Socialism D) Feudalism
In an experiment testing the effect of new calculators on elementary school students, teachers have raised concerns about training their students how to use the new calculator. They believe it will be time consuming and challenging. Which type of resistance to random assignment is this?
a. need b. conflicts with practice c. fairness d. diffusion
Population controls in China have:
a. worked because the government provides disincentives for families with more than one child b. worked because the government strengthened support for what the majority of the population already wanted (very small families) c. not worked because most children in China are born outside of marriage and the government cannot control this trend d. not worked because the decentralized structure of the Chinese government impedes any social change
In his experimental study on obedience, the social psychologist Stanley Milgram found that
What will be an ideal response?