Change-oriented movements may seek all of the following EXCEPT
a. Bring about system wide assimilation
b. Build alternative, minority controlled institutions
c. Alter the nature of minority-majority relations
d. Trying to make a subordinate situation tolerable
ANS: d
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a. disengaged b. permeable c. flexible d. enmeshed
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a. increased ... more b. increased ... less c. declined ... more d. declined ... less
According to functionalists, which of the following is a latent function of education?
A. Schools are socialization agencies that teach children how to get along with others. B. Education transmits knowledge and culture. C. Education promotes cultural innovation. D. Education benefits taxpayers. E. Schools provide childcare for the growing number of single-parent families.
Modernization refers to the
A. elimination of old housing and its replacement with modern skyscrapers. B. process of development that, at this time, has occurred only in core nations such as England, France, Japan, and the U.S. C. colonial domination of Third World nations by Western powers. D. process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.