John is an ex-con who moves to a rural town after being let out of prison. He has moved there so that no one will know his identity and what he has done in the past. John is an example of a person with a(n) _____________________________.

a. discredited stigma
b. discreditable stigma
c. criminal stigma
d. invisible stigma


b. discreditable stigma

Sociology

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Sophie developed a measure of job satisfaction. She validated her measure by seeing if it related to other variables that she logically expected to be related to job satisfaction. Which type of validity does this example reflect?

a. face b. content c. criterion-related d. construct e. convergent

Sociology

Sarah and Josh are happily married. Sarah is a successful full-time realtor, and Josh is a senior analyst at a well-known e-commerce firm. They do not have children. In the context of a study conducted by Hoffnung and Williams (2013 ) on employed wives, Sarah belongs to the _____ group

A) Have It All B) Traditional C) Breadwinner D) Employed Only

Sociology

To which birth cohort do you belong? Describe five of your cohort’s characteristics.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

How has globalization tended to widen global disparities in health care? What kinds of health problems are you most likely to find in the Global South? What could be done to avoid some of these problems?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology