In what different ways do we characterize ourselves in social settings?
What will be an ideal response?
As we interact with others, we engage in a process of working within the rules and norms of society to try to present a pleasing version of ourselves. Examples include our Facebook and professional website profiles, our business cards, and the different ways we characterize ourselves in social settings when we meet new people or introduce ourselves to a group.
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a. will bring down the fall of society because it is not functional to procreation. b. is not always antithetical to conventional family values. c. is really no different in nature than straight male "promiscuity." d. is modeled after the first wave of Feminism.
Efforts to demonstrate innate differences in intelligence by race through the use of IQ tests are faulty because:
a. blacks tend to be underrepresented in the studies b. it cannot be established that there are distinctive racial types c. the conditions under which the tests are given tend to favor whites d. the tests used are biased against minority groups
Common teaching methods for an FLE following an interventionist approach are likely to include all of the following EXCEPT ____.
a. modeling desired behavior. b. invite learners to engage in critical self-evaluation of current behaviors. c. presenting research on ineffective behaviors. d. step-by-step learning of new skills.
Mark has been assigned to the Blue Fish reading group, which focuses on simple sentences and recognizing basic punctuation. His friends in the more advanced Red Fish reading group make fun of him and Mark begins to think of himself as stupid. He is suffering from __________
A) a student subculture B) a stigma C) stratification D) exploitation