The Concept of Social Distance Illustrates

question 27

Multiple Choice

The concept of social distance illustrates

• A) how closely people of different races live to one another.
• B) the acceptance that members of one group have toward those of another.
• C) the distance between immigrants and their families of origin.
• D) how far one climbs on the socioeconomic ladder.

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Definitions:

Marriage Histories

Records or accounts of an individual's or population's past marriages, including dates, durations, and potentially the causes of dissolution.

Unmarried Men

Males who have never entered into a legal marriage, including those who are single, divorced, or widowed.

Lurking Variables

Variables that are not directly studied within an experiment but can affect the outcome of the study or the relationship between studied variables.

Confounding Variables

Variables that the researcher failed to control, or eliminate, damaging the internal validity of an experiment by potentially influencing the dependent variable.