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

During the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks and other protestors spoke out against segregation by refusing to sit at the back of the bus. This is an example of ________.

Which of the following sociological perspectives argues that the educational system reinforces and perpetuates social inequalities arising from differences in class, gender, race, and ethnicity?  

Which is not a major religion?  

A child who associates his line of descent with his father’s side only is part of a ___________________ society.  

When people improve or diminish their economic status in a way that affects social class, they experience social mobility. True or False?  

Researchers at the University of Virginia participated in a National Marriage Project. They found ______________ reduced the likelihood of divorce.  

A patient presents to the ER with a history of COPD.  Upon evaluation, you discover that percussion notes are hyperresonant, Breath sounds are diminished throughout, and accessory muscle use is present.  There is no JVD noted upon examination but your patient appears underweight and reddish.  Which specific disease process is identified here?

During her first day of kindergarten, Marie does not understand how the lunch line in the cafeteria works. She hesitates and watches as the older kids pick up their trays and silverware and then get in line. She follows their lead and successfully buys herself lunch. Marie’s experience in the lunchroom is an example of ______________________.  

Sociologist Louis Wirth (1945) defined a minority group as any group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society where they live for differential and unequal treatment and therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination. The term minority connotes discrimination, and in its sociological use, the term subordinate group can be used interchangeably with the term minority group. True or False?