Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity

question 32

Multiple Choice

Socioeconomic status and ethnicity

• A) are easy to measure because information from government sources are readily available for both of these.
• B) are related because ethnicity is often used as an indicator of socioeconomic status.
• C) are often associated with one another, and the effects of each of these can be very difficult to disentangle in research.
• D) are usually studied separately.

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Definitions:

Transactive Memory

A shared system of remembering information among members of a group, allowing the group to store, encode, and retrieve information more effectively than individual members working alone.

Logistics

The detailed coordination of complex operations involving the movement, equipment, and accommodation of personnel, materials, and goods.

Automatic Mind

The unconscious, fast, and effortless way in which our brain processes information, often responsible for habits and immediate reactions.

False Memory

A mental experience that is mistakenly taken to be a veridical representation of an event from one's personal past, memories that can be vivid but are not based on actual events.