As we look at how deviance is constructed and enforced, we find that people of color are most likely to be racially profiled by police.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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The effectiveness of persuasive communication in reducing prejudice depends upon all of the following except one. Which is NOT true?

a. How well the speaker can "shame" the listeners into admitting guilt b. Who is giving the message c. How prejudiced the person receiving the message is d. Why the person receiving the message is prejudiced in the first place

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Which of the following is a conclusion of a survey on White attitudes toward African Americans?

a. Less progress wasmade in the 1950s and 1960s than that was made in the late twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries. b. The pursuit of a color-blind agenda has created lower levels of support for politics that could reduce racial inequality if implemented. c. There has been a growing reluctance by Whites for integration, interracial dating, and having members of minority groups attain political office. d. Even during periods of dramatic social upheaval, White attitudes toward African Americans remain unchanged within all generations.

Sociology

_____ groups function as agents of socialization by contributing to our sense of "belonging" and our feelings of self-worth. They provide children with an opportunity for successful adaptation to situations such as gaining access to ongoing play, protecting shared activities from intruders, and building solidarity and mutual trust during ongoing activities

a. Socialb. Reference c. Peer d. Primary

Sociology

Which theory would propose that workers in manufacturing jobs were typified in the industrial economy as physical laborers?

A. conflict B. functionalist C. symbolic interactionist D. feminist

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