Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu found that the perceptual schemes people draw upon are shaped in large part by their
a. social class position.
b. hidden curriculum.
c. tracking group.
d. credentials.
a
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When a new paradigm causes converts to see the world in an entirely new light and wonder how they could possibly have taken the old paradigm seriously, _______ has occurred
a. a scientific revolution c. cultural lag b. innovation d. adaptive reasoning
The standard error of the mean is the same thing as
a. the standard deviation of a sample. b. the standard deviation of a population. c. the standard deviation of a sampling distribution. d. the variance of a sample.
Which of the following would be a goal of countries in modernization theory?
A. creating dependency in low income countries B. control of all countries by elite C. encouraging low income countries to develop D. development of world trade agreements
Studies of the pluralist model within distinct communities, such as Dahl's work in New Haven, have which important limitation?
A. Observation is necessarily limited to local elites who belong to a larger national ruling class. B. They are not scientific because they lack effective controls. C. They fail to address the potential of elites keeping certain matters out of government debate. D. Racial and ethnic minorities are largely absent from such studies.