________ is a major published work that claims that Blacks are mentally inferior to Whites and that genetic inferiority cannot be altered by environmental intervention

a. The Bell Curve
b. The Truly Disadvantaged
c. The Wages of Whiteness
d. The White Man's Burden


a

Sociology

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The theory of differential association suggests that people who associate with certain groups receive an "excess of definitions" about either deviance or conformity

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Attitudes about achievement are closely correlated with life chances.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology

Overall, which is the best research method to study deviance?

(a) survey methods (b) participant observation (c) overall, there is no best research method; as to whether survey methods or participant observation is better depends on the phenomenon to be studied (d) neither method is of any value in studying deviance; another method altogether is the best method overall (e) none of the above

Sociology

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Prejudicial stereotypes are not necessary for the maintenance of institutionalized discrimination.  2. Discrimination is the most important force sustaining ethnic tensions in a society.  3. Expulsion is the most intense form of discrimination.  4. Selective inclusion is a discriminatory process that also has elements of exclusion.  5. Selective inclusion and exclusion represent distinct forms of discrimination which rarely operate together. 

Sociology