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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
Which sociological perspective best explains the strong responses displayed by characters in the film as they have encounters with and interact with people who may or may not, by racial identity, resemble them? Conflict Theory
Functionalism
Symbolic Interaction Theory
The content of the film relies heavily on the fact that preconceived notions of racial and ethnic identity play a powerful role in our social interaction. These preconceived notions are regularly described as stereotypes. But, there is a sociological term that moves beyond the broad generalizations of stereotyping and focuses very specifically on the social construction of what we believe about the people we may stereotype. Those beliefs are encompassed within what sociologists describe as A)
B)
C)
D) audioÂvisual cuing
entertainment fabrication
categoric knowing
radical prejudice Without engaging in judgmental processes, state which sociological term best describes the film’s depiction of the roles played by members of competing genders and races? The roles are A)
B)
C)
D) entirely symbolic
unfair
Functional
based only on economics While broad processes of socialization may be responsible for the development of personal prejudice there is another process that may contribute on an equal or even greater basis. It is described as A) social inequity
B) scapegoating
C) unique individual experience
Age, gender and skin color are all examples of sociologically defined
A)
B)
C)
D)
E) cohorts
identity markers
racism
opportunities
NONE While racial discrimination and segregation were powerful components of American law in the past, the only remnants today are in ________________ segregation and discrimination.
A)
B)
C)
D) de jure
de facto
obscure
relative
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