The obvious and intended purpose served by a social practice or institution is referred to as a ______.
A. latent function
B. manifest function
C. paradigm
D. palindrome
Answer: B
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Placing the label of "lustful pagan" on Black women allowed religious men to
a) contend that sex with a Black woman is their right. b) justify attempting to change them to Christians. c) prevent African people from coming to the United States. d) spread negative rumors about the culture of paganism.
"The way I feel others see me," makes up the:
a. ideal self b. attribution c. social self d. self image
What is the significance of the concept of cultural capital for sociologists? a. It helps explain how one group may maintain its dominant social status
b. It refers to the urban centers in which cultural change is most likely to occur. c. The concept is central to resistance movements and counter cultures. d. None of these; cultural capital is not a sociological concept.
The requirement that individuals select mates from outside certain groups is known as
A. exogamy. B. homogamy. C. hypergamy. D. endogamy.