Robert Has Just Been Laid Off After 30 Years Working

question 17

Multiple Choice

Robert has just been laid off after 30 years working in the auto industry, and he knows that his layoff was due to the company moving its manufacturing plant to Cambodia. What has Robert used to understand his situation better?

• A) sociological imagination
• B) social forces
• C) social structural analysis
• D) structural transformation theory

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Definitions:

Social Dominance Theory

A social psychological theory suggesting that societies maintain hierarchical group relationships, with dominant groups exploiting or oppressing subordinate ones.

Great Violence

Intense or extreme physical force used to harm others or cause destruction, often associated with aggression or conflict.

Outgroup Homogeneity Bias

Outgroup Homogeneity Bias is the tendency to view individuals from outside one’s own group as more similar to each other than those within the group, leading to stereotypical thinking.

Group Attribution Error

The tendency to make broad stereotypical judgments about a group based on the actions of a few individuals within that group.