Cultural diffusion occurs most rapidly when:
a. the new ideas and inventions come from the United States.
b. new values and tools meet basic needs and are consistent with existing culture.
c. the culture uses English as its language of choice.
d. pre-existing relative deprivation is high.
b
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What is the key developmental task for the family with adolescents?
a. Launching the children. b. Increasing the flexibility of family boundaries to enable children to move in and out of the family system. c. Preventing children from exploring their identity separate from the family until they are in the early twenties. d. Promoting social skill development in adolescent children
In several studies, respondents did not indicate that blacks were worse than whites, only that whites were better than blacks. For example, blacks were not rated as being lazier than whites, but whites were rated as being more ambitious than blacks. These findings exemplify which of the following?
a. Modern racism b. Traditional racism c. Reverse racism d. Aversive racism
Despite legislation prohibiting racial discrimination and decades of enforcement of civil rights legislation, neighborhoods in the United States still tend to be racially segregated. Owners, landlords, real estate agents, and apartment managers often use informal mechanisms to maintain their properties for "whites only." This is an example of _______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following is true of the relationship between education and income?
A. College graduates today are outearning earlier graduates in regard to entry-level wages after graduation. B. About 75% of new graduates have an employment offer at the time of graduation. C. Wages in the United States have kept pace with inflation. D. College graduates outearn their peers with only a high school education.