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- A. it does not include childless families
- B. it does not include same- sex families
- C. it does not include extended family
- D. all of the aboveFamily
Explanation: The idea of one universal family model excludes important variations, including childless families, same-sex families, and extended-family…
Correct answer: all of the aboveFamily- A. researcher's discretion regarding the subject matter
- B. status of the behavior in the system of moral stratification
- C. general attitude of lawmakers
- D. None of theseMental Health
Explanation: The subjective dimension of deviance concerns how conduct is judged within a society’s moral system, rather than merely how unusual or…
Correct answer: status of the behavior in the system of moral stratification- A. criminal acts performed by people
- B. statistical rarity
- C. behaviors and conditions that are related to social control
- D. None of these
Explanation: In sociology, deviance is defined in relation to social norms and social control, not simply as crime or statistical unusualness.
Correct answer: behaviors and conditions that are related to social control- A. Sociology
- B. Biology
- C. Political science
- D. PsychologySocial Sciences
Explanation: Sociology studies social problems at the population and institutional level, using statistics such as prevalence and incidence to show how…
Correct answer: Sociology- A. similarities
- B. differences
- C. parallels
- D. hierarchies
Explanation: Cultural comparisons commonly draw attention to differences in values, norms, communication, and behaviour.
Correct answer: differences- A. Patriachy, gender and exploitation
- B. Capitalists, bourgeoisie, and means of production
- C. Self concepts, meaning and flexibility
- D. Functions, structure, and value consensus
Explanation: Feminism examines patriarchy, gender inequality, and the exploitation or unequal treatment of women and other gender groups.
Correct answer: Patriachy, gender and exploitation- A. Social change
- B. Stigma
- C. Status group
- D. None of these
Explanation: A stigma is a socially discrediting label or mark that devalues a person or group, often because they are seen as deviant.
Correct answer: Stigma- A. Social change
- B. Status group
- C. Vertical mobility
- D. None of these
Explanation: Weber used status group for people who share a similar level of social prestige, honour, or lifestyle, regardless of their economic class.
Correct answer: Status group- A. were ordered to give consistently wrong answers to simples
- B. were ordered to deliver painful electric shocks to stranger
- C. indicated which of three lines matched a "standard line" in length
- D. became the recipients of painful electric shocks delivered by an experimental accompliceTry Prep Courses
Explanation: Asch's conformity experiment used a line-judgment task in which participants identified which of three comparison lines matched a standard…
Correct answer: indicated which of three lines matched a "standard line" in length- A. Consensus
- B. Consistency
- C. Distinctiveness
- D. Cooperation
Explanation: Kelly's covariation model uses consensus, consistency, and distinctiveness to explain how people make attributions.
Correct answer: Cooperation- A. Counselling
- B. Clinical
- C. Personality
- D. Social
Explanation: Social psychology examines how people’s thoughts, motives, perceptions, and behaviour are shaped by the actual or imagined presence and…
Correct answer: Social- A. large; small
- B. small; large
- C. large; large
- D. large; largerEnroll In Courses
Explanation: The foot-in-the-door technique begins with a small request that a person is likely to accept, followed by a larger request later.
Correct answer: small; large- A. understand, predict, and control
- B. understand, feel about, and behave toward
- C. think about, influence, and related to
- D. observe, understand, and communicate with
Explanation: Social psychology is commonly defined as the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another.
Correct answer: think about, influence, and related to- A. Learned attitude
- B. Open- mindedness
- C. Negative feelings
- D. Justification of beliefs
Explanation: Prejudice is a learned, usually negative attitude involving feelings and beliefs about a social group.
Correct answer: Open- mindedness- A. social
- B. comparative
- C. physiological
- D. school
Explanation: Peer influence concerns how other people and groups affect an individual's attitudes, decisions, and behavior, which is the focus of…
Correct answer: social- A. learning
- B. cultural
- C. developmetnal
- D. cognitive
Explanation: Cultural psychology studies how culture and regional social settings shape family relationships and individual behavior.
Correct answer: cultural- A. Role schemes
- B. Person schemas
- C. Actor-observer effects
- D. Stereotypes
- E. BiasesTry Prep Courses
Explanation: Stereotypes are socially shared beliefs about the traits and behaviors of members of a social group.
Correct answer: Stereotypes- A. This strength of the self-serving bias is the same across cultures
- B. We tend to attribute our success to internal factors and our failure to external factors
- C. The usual explanation for the self-serving bias relates to cognitive factors.
- D. Attributing success to external causes has been referred has been referred to as the self-enhancing bias.
Explanation: Self-serving bias means crediting personal success to internal qualities while explaining failure through external circumstances.
Correct answer: We tend to attribute our success to internal factors and our failure to external factors- A. Schemas preserve cognitive resources
- B. Schemas facilitate recall of information
- C. Schemas are based on exopectations and prior experience
- D. Schemas can cue emotions
- E. All of the above
Explanation: Schemas organize social information efficiently, guide expectations from prior experience, improve memory for schema-consistent material…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Well development schemas change readily when faced with disconfirming evidence.
- B. The idea of exceptions to the rule is consistent with the sub-typing model model of stereotype change.
- C. In the book-keeping model disconfirming instances of the stereotype are relegated to 'exceptional' sub-categories largely intact.
- D. The conversion model proposes that there is fine-tuning of a schema with each new piece of information.
Explanation: The subtyping model explains stereotype resistance by placing disconfirming individuals into an exception category rather than changing…
Correct answer: The idea of exceptions to the rule is consistent with the sub-typing model model of stereotype change.