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meagbuch · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Julia is a young mother who works in the fast food industry. She does not have a set number of hours per week. In addition, sometimes she works a night shift, and other times she works a day shift.

She often gets sent home when work is slow and is not paid, even though she told her boss she would like to work full-time. Her job is an example of _______. a. inflexible full-time work
b. contingent nonstandard work
c. part-time penalty
d. discriminatory practices

Question 2

When we consider factors of social structure that are important in the origins of prejudice and discrimination, we observe that dominance and subordination involve a competitive struggle for possession of valued goods.

According to the text, this is, ultimately __________. a. a psychological process, understood by investigating human acquisitiveness
b. an economic process of free-market competition
c. an educational process involving the acquisition of skills
d. a political process involving a struggle for power