The builder of a cooperative apartment house may not be negatively predisposed toward Jews, but nevertheless may refuse to sell to a Jewish family in the belief that doing so may make it difficult to rent the other apartments. In Robert Merton's typology of the relationships between prejudice and discrimination, this builder would be a(n) __________.
A. prejudiced discriminator
B. outright bigot
C. latent bigot
D. institutional discrimination
Answer: D
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a. maladaptive. b. obsessive. c. detrimental. d. pathological.
According to the text, divorced men
(a) are considerably less likely than divorced women to have custody of children. (b) tend to have less leisure time in comparison with divorced women, thus making it difficult for them to reenter the dating scene. (c) remarry far less frequently in comparison with divorced women. (d) all of the above
The illegal drug Ecstasy is considered to be a
A) stimulant. B) depressant. C) opiate. D) designer drug.
According to Sirles typology, the category of women who used prescription drugs recreationally or medicinally prior to their instrumental use for weight control
a. opportunists. b. hedonists. c. scroungers. d. journeyers.