The text points out that ingroup and outgroup distinctions:
a. may encourage social cohesion among group members.
b. serve to prevent classism, racism, sexism, and ageism.
c. discourage feelings of group superiority.
d. are less likely to exist in contemporary societies than in traditional ones.
Question 2
Most sociologists studying global inequality agree that_______________ .
a. the nations of the world may be arranged into a hierarchical economic system
b. some nations have failed to develop economically because they hold on to traditional values
c. global inequality is due to the historical dependence of some countries on others
d. nations throughout the world are influenced by a small number of cities and transnational corporations that are driving a global economy