In the famous case of Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Texas system for financing public education is unconstitutional.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: F
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Which of the following is true about race?
A) It is a social construction in the sense that biological traits may be endowed with social meaning. B) It is a clearly distinguishable set of physical traits so that all people may be classified as Caucasoid, Negroid, or Mongoloid. C) It determines our mental and physical abilities D) None of these is true.
Morse wants to study the role of religion in society—how it gives societies a focus; how it gives meaning to unexplainable events; and how it often connects with the political and economic institutions. Which paradigm would be best to describe this study?
a. feminist b. ethnomethodology c. structural functionalism d. symbolic interactionism e. critical religion theory
Research has found that in mixed groups, women
a. talk more. b. interrupt more. c. display more tentative and polite speech patterns. d. show more visual dominance.
In some countries such as India and Pakistan, baby girls are fed less, left exposed to the elements and generally neglected. Yet in Kenya, the Mukogodo breastfeed girls longer than boys and attend more to the medical needs of girls. This example illustrates that gender socialization:
a. is universally uniform b. varies by culture c. is the primary responsibility of social institutions d. is more important at the primary level than the secondary