On an application, a potential employee comes across as a friendly person. While talking to references before you meet her, you ask questions that probe for information that this expectation is correct. This is an example of:

A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) the primacy effect.
C) confirmation bias.
D) self-monitoring.


C) confirmation bias.

Sociology

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The largest beneficiaries of affirmative action were

a. Black males b. White males c. White women d. Latino males

Sociology

Describe the process of fermentation of cereal grains to produce alcoholic beverages.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Which of the following statements about slavery is true?

A. Slavery in the U.S. was considered an achieved status. B. It is considered the most extreme form of social inequality. C. The only recorded examples of slavery occurred in the U.S. and in ancient Greece. D. Slavery was considered a permanent status in ancient Greece.

Sociology

________ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories.

A. Macrosociology B. Conflict theory C. Middle-range sociology D. Microsociology

Sociology