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Social stratification is a system that:

The _______ can be directly attributed to the digital divide, because differential ability to access the internet leads directly to a differential ability to use the knowledge found on the Internet.

Which of the following is typically the earliest agent of socialization?

A student has a habit of talking on her cell phone during class. One day, the professor stops his lecture and asks her to respect the other students in his class by turning off her phone. In this situation, the professor used _______ to maintain social control.

If the U.S. Patent Office were to issue a patent for a new type of tomato that tastes like a jellybean, it would be issuing a _______.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of bureaucracies? 

Socialization, as a sociological term, describes:

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Why do sociologists need to be careful when drawing conclusions from twin studies?

A _______ perspective theorist might find it particularly noteworthy that wealthy corporations improve the quality of life in peripheral nations by providing workers with jobs, pumping money into the local economy, and improving transportation infrastructure.