________ refers to the unfair treatment of people based on some identifiable social characteristic such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or class.

A. Proliferation
B. Personification
C. Libel
D. Discrimination


Answer: D

Sociology

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a. true b. false

Sociology

You just completed 10 rounds of a taste test where subjects taste coffee in the following order: Coffee A, Coffee B and Coffee C. Out of the 10 tests, 9 subjects said that Coffee C is their favorite. This could be due to what effect?

a. primacy b. recency c. latency d. propensity

Sociology

By collecting survey responses from a group of people, researchers can sometimes infer conclusions based on study data and extend them to the larger population. This group is called a ________

A) sample B) focus group C) research group D) research point

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W.E.B Du Bois would describe Jim Crow segregation as __________, whereas Max Weber would describe it as __________.

A) the result of social status differentials; instrumental rationality B) contributing to “double consciousness”; social closure C) a form of mechanical solidarity; class consciousness D) the result of charismatic leadership; traditional social action

Sociology