Why do societies with class systems retain some elements of caste (such as the inheritance of wealth) rather than trying to become complete meritocracies?

Started by Tonda

Industrialization brings with it a rise in the social standing of older people.

Started by Haywood

In the text, it is argued that ____________________________________.

Started by Cesar

Once a position (e.g., "physician") becomes invested with a degree of income, prestige, and power, individuals filling it will tend to ____________________.

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As people interact, increasingly there develops

Started by Leopoldo

When a third party enters, interaction rules take on a more

Started by Selina

Those who do not make the rules but simply learn them are more likely to take the rules as more serious and true than those who make them.

Started by Natalya

At ________, sex characteristics become evident, and most societies put children through their most important rites of passage.

Started by Morton

Subtle sex discrimination is often not noticed because most people

Started by Lloyd

Through naming, birth announcements, and dress, parents create

Started by Alfreda

According to the text, gender ___________ is the devaluation of "women" and the social domination of "men."

Started by Augustine

_____________ refers to superficially courteous behavior that is protective and paternalistic.

Started by Julius

According to the author, _________ starts with assignment to a sex category on the basis of what the genitalia look like at birth.

Started by Leigha

In the next 12 years, the earth will add as many people as it did from the first humans up until the 1800s, according to the New Malthusians.

Started by Charis

The New Malthusians are people who believe populations will decrease in the near future.

Started by Trent

If someone gives me one apple today, then two tomorrow and four the next day and so on, it can be described as an exponential growth curve.

Started by Jenae

All households are made up of families.

Started by Odette

Research shows that programs encouraging at-risk youths to stay in school and avoid trouble prevent five times as many crimes as mandatory sentencing laws.

Started by Ellsworth

All known societies have some system of ranking individuals and groups along a continuum of ________.

Started by Derek

Providing schooling is one way our society increases equality of opportunity.

Started by Santana