Neighborhoods vary according to three dimensions (or characteristics)-identity, interaction, and linkages. Urban sociologists have used these three dimensions to label five specific types of neighborhoods. An neighborhood generally has low identity, interaction, and linkages; there is no internal cohesion and great distance from the outside world. This type of neighborhood is characteristic of poor neighborhoods where there is little connection among residents and to the larger urban environment. a. Parochial
b. Diffuse
c. Anomic
d. Integral

As you drive in to school, you hear a random radio-show caller arguing that sun exposure really has not been shown to cause skin cancer and that some research suggests that skin cancer is completely genetic and not related to sun exposure at all. at the time, you think that this is a silly argument and that the caller does not know what she is talking about. however, two months later, you are outside without wearing sunscreen, and you find yourself remembering that you had read something about how the sun actually does not cause skin cancer. this process is evidence that has influenced your attitude

What is your cultural heritage? what nonverbal behaviors are typically associated with your cultural heritage? which of those behaviors do you display? how might studying other cultures you be a competent communicator?

Which of the following is considered a push factory a. available jobs b. unfair treatment c. religious freedom d. affordable land