The principle of least eligibility holds that:
A. everyone is entitled to equal medical treatment without regard to status.
B. people with AIDS deserve what they get whether they are in prison or not.
C. prisoners should only get what they can pay for if they have insurance coverage.
D. prison conditions have to be a step below those of working class and people on welfare.
Answer: D
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a. Class discrimination b. Culture of poverty c. Institutional discrimination d. Economic inequality
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a. True b. False
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A. In the Sherif experiment, all participants were naïve subjects. B. In the Asch experiment, all participants were naïve subjects. C. In the Sherif experiment, some participants were actually accomplices. D. In the Asch experiment, none of the participants were actually accomplices.
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A. linguistic relativity B. cultural relativity C. language relativism D. cultural relativism