Master Social Studies with Fun Quizzes & Brain Teasers!

what is the most likely reason why many more children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder today compared to 50 years ago?
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the standards of behavior that a group accepts for and expects of its members are called a.values. b.customs. c.norms. d.rules. e.roles.
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the framers believed that the bulk of the law-making power that would be exercised by the national government should be in the hands of:
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a set of families that enjoy equal or nearly equal prestige according to a system of evaluation is called a(n):
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wright mills used the term sociologival imagination to refer to importatnt interconnections between personal troubles and public issues what would he have said about depricagiton amplificaitojn
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a runner who regularly participates in 5k road races strives to beat his or her personal best time in each race, even if only by 1 second. this runner is engaging in which type of goal setting?
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imagine that you are an urban planner working in the new england area. what recommendation would you make, based on the staffordshire university study, to increase the size of bird populations?
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when the person pursues a goal that is wholeheartedly accepted, embraced, and owned by the self vs. forced to pursue an uninteresting or not-valued goal is an issue of:
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ron served in afghanistan as part of a special operations team that was pinned down for nearly 20 hours by enemy fire. after 18 months, he continued to relive the episode. this is a symptom of
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(q007) grouping students by perceived similarities in academic ability or attainment in order to provide different instruction to different kinds of students is called
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mrs. simms reviewed her class role and read the permanent files of her incoming fourth grade students before school started in august. she noticed that casey had poor grades in several subjects last year, and his second and third grade teachers left notes in the permanent file about his bad conduct. when school started, mrs. simms told casey she was happy to have him in her class and said she knew he would like fourth grade subjects and learn a lot. throughout the year, mrs. simms encouraged casey and expressed her belief in his ability to learn. in the spring, casey scored in a higher percentile on his district's standardized tests than he had the previous year. his gains were much higher than expected. this is an example of:
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which is the best characterization (description) of operant conditioning? a. an individual performs some action, and, depending on what happens as a consequence of that action, the likelihood of that same behavior occurring again will either increase or decrease. b. automatic responses become associated with new stimuli when they occur at the same time. c. over time and with repeated experience, the person changes how to best understand a concept or problem. d. when a person is exposed to a great deal of information, the person relates the new information to pre-existing knowledge, and then organizes all the new information in a coherent way.
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from our modern point of view, roman society appears to be rigid and especially unfair to the lowest social order (plebeians) of citizens, yet those same citizens who were at the bottom believed their society reflected an intrinsically moral social order. why would they see it this way?
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the first time ina went to eat dinner with ben's family, she was surprised at his dining technique. being chinese, he ate his food with chopsticks and sat on the ground at a low table. ina decided that because of this, she could never pursue a relationship with ben. ina is experiencing:
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by looking at anthropological findings in tribal societies, sociologists can see fluidity in gender, which helps us see that the boundaries within our own system of gender:
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mary has become adept at remembering specific words and basic reading skills. however, she still has not mastered the concept of learning from reading. this is because she must devote all her attention to the mechanical aspect of reading. which developmental stage of reading is mary in?
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most intercultural conflict involves a certain degree of ethnocentric perceptions and judgments. most intercultural conflict involves a certain degree of ethnocentric perceptions and judgments. true false
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a study found out the more firemen sent to a fire, the more damage is done. which of the following is correct?
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when a cultural anthropologist creates a written description of a particular culture after being immersed in that culture, it is called
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the common core standards have been adopted by many states. why might implementation pose problems for teachers, students, and schools?
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when considering the diagnosis between posttraumatic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder (gad), one distinction includes:
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in crimes of violence such as assaults, robberies, and rapes, hispanic women report what percentage of these crimes to the authorities?
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what can be said about the generation of municipal solid waste (msw) in the united states over recent decades?
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which perspective would say political contributions keep the public involved in the democratic process and connected to the candidates
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