What is a stereotype?

What will be an ideal response?


an implicit bias about how a person's race/gender/class/sexual orientation/etc. influences his/her behavior

Sociology

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Mrs. Granich takes seven medications for a variety of problems. Most of these medications must be taken every day and at specified times during the day

Trying to remember all this makes it hard for Mrs. Granich to take her medication correctly. She could increase her medication compliance by a. only seeing her favorite doctor. b. taking all her medications together first thing in the morning. c. self-medicating. d. reducing the number of medications she takes.

Sociology

Social Security is based on the __________.

A) Beveridgean approach B) Bismarckian approach C) life course perspective D) Industrial Revolution perspective

Sociology

Which of these is not considered a function of primary groups?

a. providing emotional support b. socialization of infants and children c. adult socialization d. promoting conformity and social control e. to accomplish an important goal or task

Sociology

Rites of passage are

A. gestures, objects, and language that form the basis of human communication. B. stressful periods of self-evaluation, often occurring between 35 and 50 years of age. C. expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females. D. rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.

Sociology