What is the culture of poverty? How does it encourage fatalism? Please provide an example.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. The culture of poverty theory argues that poverty creates certain personality traits--such as the need for instant gratification--that in, in turn, perpetuate poverty. Poverty is said to encourage fatalism (the sense that one's destiny is beyond one's control) and an orientation to the present rather than the future. Students may provide a variety of examples to accompany their definition.
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination because of sex. Why aren't gays and lesbians protected under this act?
A. Homosexuality is typically an easily observable characteristic. B. It is sometimes difficult to determine another individual's sex. C. Sex is interpreted as gender, which means that sexual orientation is not covered. D. The act was designed to protect against gender identity discrimination but not discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The main goal of sociology is to:
a. accurately predict the future. b. make social problems. c. understand the forces that mold individuals and shape their behavior. d. help government agencies to explain the events that affect us. e. prepare the individual for becoming a member of society.
What was the difference between the participants in the Asch line-size experiment and the Sherif light-movement experiment?
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.
Define homophobia and discuss how it develops and how it is manifest in society.
What will be an ideal response?