An achieved status is a social position
A. attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.
B. "assigned" to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.
C. that is assigned to an individual at birth.
D. that is given to an individual based upon his or her age, race, or gender.
A. attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.
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Social analysts exploring opportunities for female actors over forty versus opportunities for male actors over forty are based in what perspective?
a. ageist b. feminist c. functionalist d. symbolic interactionist
Documenting research choices is a practice that:
A. Has little value in overcoming bias. B. Creates tedious research reports. C. Contributes to making a report transparent. D. Was considered important in an earlier era of sociological research but has been superseded by computerized logs and records. E. Should be assigned to research assistants.
The central feature of No Child Left Behind is
a. increased pay for teachers. b. evaluation of all students by mandatory periodic standardized tests. c. additional funding for public schools, particularly elementary schools. d. greater creativity and flexibility in the curricula of each school. e. smaller class size and increased teacher-student ratio.
According to Olson and Gorall (2003), ________ is the amount of change that occurs in leadership, role relationships, and relationship rules.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).