Symbolic interaction theorists focus on the role of cultural capital in producing social stratification.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Arrangements or practices in social institutions and their related organization that tend to favor one racial or ethnic group (usually the majority group) over another is called
a. Ideological racism b. Individual prejudice c. Institutional racism d. Individual discrimination
Social patterns indicate that marriage is diminishing in importance and will begin to disappear over the next fifty years
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following theories tries to explain why major riots and revolutions often seem to occur when a population's conditions of life are improving?
a. conflict theory b. emergent norm theory c. relative deprivation theory d. the value added theory
Tula is a 16-year-old Indian girl whose parents are encouraging her to quickly marry a much older man. Tula knows that she may be pregnant within the year. Both of her parents push for this early marriage, and would be happy to have Tula become pregnant. What best explains this, as discussed in the text?
A. Her mother would be subject to arrest if she voiced her displeasure to her husband. B. Her mother enjoys marriage and wants her daughter to hurry and have the same experience. C. Both women and men are shaped by the culture in which they are raised, and they are indoctrinated or socialized to their culture. D. Women gain status by being a grandparent.