You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you
a. made any generalization about people.
b. stated an exaggerated description and applied it to everyone in some category.
c. held an opinion about someone based on personal experience.
d. treated everybody in an unkind way.
b. stated an exaggerated description and applied it to everyone in some category.
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Conflict and tension are inherent in an age graded social structure
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Sociologist Charles H. Cooley used the term_____to describe a small, less specialized group in which members engage in face-to-face, emotion-based interactions over an extended period of time
a. secondary group b. significant others c. tributary group d. primary group
In his structural-functional analysis, Talcott Parsons claimed that society responds to illness by by ________
a. punishing ill people. b. withholding treatment to those who need it most. c. using the "sick role" to relieve ill people of many daily responsibilities. d. forcing people, sick or not, to perform important work.
_____ teach(es) us what is appropriate sexual behavior for each gender.
A. Dramaturgical roles B. Institutional sexism C. Sexual scripts D. Gender constructs