Why do we tend to take on the culture of the organization within which we exist?
a. It is functional for the group.
b. It is the culture we are most familiar with.
c. We become like those we compare ourselves with, because we seek their affirmation.
d. All of these.
d
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The legislation of 1964 and 1965 marked
A) the end of official segregation in America. B) the beginning of official segregation in America. C) the beginning of the KKK. D) the end of the KKK.
The builder of a cooperative apartment house may not be negatively predisposed toward Jews, but nevertheless may refuse to sell to a Jewish family in the belief that doing so may make it difficult to rent the other apartments. In Robert Merton's typology of the relationships between prejudice and discrimination, this builder would be a(n) __________.
A. prejudiced discriminator B. outright bigot C. latent bigot D. institutional discrimination
The text points out that crisis tends to throw people into self-absorption. If all family members become self-absorbed, each may perceive inequity. This observation reflects the ________ theory.
A. conflict B. symbolic interactionist C. exchange D. systems
Provide a hypothetical numerical example which demonstrates that the precision of a confidence interval is in part a function of sample size.
What will be an ideal response?