Maria and Robert have decided to move in together before getting married. This is called ______.

Sociologists refer to those who do the discriminating not as the majority but, rather, as the ______ group.

In the 1960s, women were reared with the idea that their purpose in life was ______.

Techniques of __________ are ways of thinking or rationalizing that help people deflect society’s norms.

The term ethnic work refers to ______.

The cross, the Star of David, and the crescent moon and star were all identified as examples of religious ______.

A ______ consists of people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Niko is conducting research on the number of races. He is likely to find that ______.

Gender is a ______ characteristic.

According to the functionalist perspective, deviance __________ a feeling of solidarity in a group.