Ethnocentrism refers to
A. a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority.
B. the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice.
C. the process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.
D. the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life are superior to all others.
D. the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life are superior to all others.
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Peter Berger describes using the sociological perspective as seeing the ______ in the _______
a. good; worst tragedies b. new; old c. specific; general d. general; particular
With respect to the relationship between education and wages, research shows that
A) a worker's years of schooling directly effects her or his wages, regardless of sex. B) sex differences in education are unrelated to the gender gap in wages. C) educational attainment has a significant impact on raising women's wages, but the reverse is true for men. D) educational attainment has a significant impact on the wages of minority men and women, but is unrelated to the wages of White men and women.
In her analysis of 156 tribal societies, Peggy Sanday found that rape-prone societies are marked by
a) interpersonal violence. b) male dominance. c) sexual separation. d) all of the above.
Which of the following has the greatest influence on gender-role differentiation?
a. culture b. genetics c. biology d. age