Approximately what percentage of the U.S. population lived in poverty in 2013?
a. 3.2 percent
b. 8.4 percent
c. 13.5 percent
d. 22.8 percent
Ans: c. 13.5 percent
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In the research by Rosenthal and Jacobson, certain students identified as "spurters" excelled throughout the school year. How did Rosenthal and Jacobson select them?
A) They were the students who did the best academic work in their previous grade. B) They were randomly chosen after taking a routine IQ test. C) Spurters were from the families of the highest socioeconomic class. D) Spurters were students from two-parent families of the dominant class.
According to Marx and Habermas, the personal feelings of powerlessness that accompany modernization are the result of a. technology
b. war. c. revolution. d. social inequality.
Modernization theorists see large corporations as ________
a. offering little to help poor nations seeking to develop. b. unleashing the productive power of capitalism to speed development in poor nations. c. responsible for the debt crisis in many poor nations. d. needing the technology currently available in poor nations.
The relative distribution of resources contributing to the lifestyles that people in a society can afford is known as ______.
A. racial inequality B. social inequality C. economic inequality D. gender inequality