Mental Structures That Serve as "Road Maps" to Help Us

question 80

Multiple Choice

Mental structures that serve as "road maps" to help us understand, classify, and respond to the world around us are called ______.

• A) metaphors
• B) schemas
• C) scripts
• D) content messages

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Definitions:

Stratification Systems

Stratification systems are the hierarchical arrangements of people in a society based on their access to resources, power, and prestige.

Social Change

The transformation over time of cultural values, norms, institutions, structures, and social practices.

Age-Sex Population Pyramid

A graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population, which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.

Postindustrial Nation

Refers to a country that has moved from industrial production to service and information management predominance.