The process whereby others identify a person as possessing a specific characteristic or exhibiting a certain pattern or behavior is referred to as:
a. a self-fulfilling prophecy. b. a defeating perception
c. categorization. d. labeling.
d
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Past-in-present institutional discrimination involves practices in the present that have discriminatory consequences because of some pattern of discrimination or exclusion in the past. One example of this is______.
A. principle of seniority in the workforce B. educational requirements for jobs C. affirmative action D. overt discrimination
The U.S. rate of teenage pregnancy was actually higher in the 1950s than it is today
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Dependency theory is defined as
A. a functionalist approach proposing that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations. B. a far-reaching process by which peripheral nations move from having traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies. C. an approach contending that as developing countries make economic advances, they remain weak and subservient to core nations. D. applying to the interactionist perspective.
Research points to the negative environmental effects of eating meat and poultry, and the general public seems aware of this, yet the chicken industry is booming. What explains this situation?
A. cultural lag B. cultural momentum C. cultural apathy D. cultural deficit