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affirmative action African Americans ANSWERS TO SELF-TEST approach Ascribed status blank spaces briefly correct bureaucracy Charles Horton Cooley communities conflict perspective Conflict theorists corresponding number crime define or identify developed deviance dominant Edwin Sutherland Émile Durkheim emphasizes Erving Goffman ethnic ethnocentric FILL-IN QUESTIONS formal organizations function functionalist perspective George Herbert Mead George Murdock global Hispanics human immigrants industrial inequality interactionist interactionist perspective Karl Marx KEY TERMS Briefly labeling theory male Max Weber minority group mobility MODIFIED TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS nations norms number of blank percent person political population racial rates refer relationship religion religious select the phrase SELF-TEST MODIFIED TRUE-FALSE sexual harassment social change social class social control social institutions social interaction social movements social policy section social structure society society's sociological perspective sociologists space provided status stratification study guide Talcott Parsons TERMS Briefly define UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL POLICY United urban variable women workers