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A bystander is LEAST likely to offer help to a perceived victim under which of the following circumstances?
 
  a. There are others present who are not offering help.
  b. There is no other person around.
  c. The victim is of a different gender.
  d. The victim is of a different social class.

Question 2

In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court held that:
 
  a. school facilities for blacks were inferior
  b. school facilities for white and black students were comparable
  c. segregation in and of itself had a negative effect on black students
  d. segregation in and of itself had no measurable effect when school facilities for white and blacks were essentially equal

Question 3

The sociological situation in which people try to shy away from behavior that will be noticed and to hide behind their anonymity is called:
 
  a. bystander effect
  b. situational definition
  c. symbolic distancing
  d. urban indifference

Question 4

The landmark decision on the desegregation of public schools came in the Supreme Court case:
 
  a. Abington School District v. Schempp (1963)
  b. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
  c. Engle v. Vitale (1962)
  d. Murray v. Curlett (1963)

Question 5

In their research on the procedure for conducting pelvic examinations, James Henslin and Mae Briggs employed the dramaturgical approach in order to show how:
 
  a. female patients are exploited by doctors
  b. the patient-doctor relationship is based on distrust and conflict
  c. the situation is defined in such a way as to prevent embarrassment
  d. the status of the physician determines the definition of the situation

Question 6

The Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), was important for schools because it:
 
  a. ended the legal base for segregated education for minority children
  b. prohibited the use of the Bible in public schools
  c. required all teachers to be certified
  d. upheld the legality of the pledge of allegiance to the flag

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