The most recent technological change to the U.S. economy was
a. the Agrarian Revolution.
b. the Industrial Revolution.
c. the Information Revolution.
d. the Union Revolution.
(Answer: c)
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Evaluating cultural differences in relationship to one's own cultural standards is
A. symbolism B. exploitation C. cultural bias D. ethnocentrism
Which of the following statements about the nature and extent of homophobia is not true?
a) Most Americans do not believe we should deny the sexual minority the same rights enjoyed by the sexual majority. b) U.S. society is deeply ambivalent about its sexual minority. c) A majority of Americans practice discrimination against the sexual minority. d) A majority of Americans condemn same-sex orientation as morally wrong.
Income distributions almost always have a positive skew (since there are only a few very wealthy people). Therefore, the preferred measure of central tendency for this variable would be the
a. mode. b. median. c. mean. d. None of the above
Wilson believes ghetto residents engage in "situationally adaptive behaviors" that appear to be self-defeating to outsiders who observe them. What does Wilson mean by "situationally adaptive behaviors"?
A) they are behaviors that are adapted to the constraints and opinions available to ghetto residents. B) they are behaviors that have proven to be very successful in ghetto situations. C) they are behaviors ghetto residents have modeled by observing people who live in situations outside ghettos. D) they are behaviors ghetto residents think are better than more mainstream behaviors