Differentiate between prejudice and discrimination

What will be an ideal response?


Discrimination is an action. It is unfair treatment in some way. Prejudice is an attitude, a prejudging, usually in a negative way, but it can also be in a positive way.

Sociology

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Which of the following is true of the biological factors that contribute to specific skill sets among men and women?

a. Greater upper body strength among men may be attributable to low levels of the hormone testosterone. b. The brain structure of women makes them more adept at spatial–visual tasks. c. Differences in the organization of the brain may account for why women tend to have better verbal skills. d. Verbal skills are focused on one side of the brain and spatial–visual skills on the other side for women.

Sociology

When the results of your experiment are not significant, journals might request ______.

a. revise and resubmit b. observed power c. effect size d. independent variables

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Which of the following statements describes the postulate of adequacy necessary for the construction of ideal types?

a. The topic in the real world dictates, or should be pertinent to how it is approached scientifically. b. The scientific concept, while abstracted, should make sense to the those in the life-world. c. Scientific concepts must retain steadiness in order to be reliable. d. Concepts must fit within the larger body of scientific knowledge.

Sociology

Social capital is calculated as a number of relationships multiplied by strength of the relationships multiplied by _______.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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