Who argued that a group's shared historical experiences shape its general attitudes and behaviors?
A. Erving Goffman
B. Karl Mannheim
C. Melvin Kohn
D. Philippe Aries
Answer: B
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a. any system in which people are unequal. b. the interplay of politics and economics. c. democratic political systems. d. the most efficient form of government.
Frank Parkin sees the major division within state socialism as that between the intelligentsia and the rest of society. Others argue that the real cleavage in such societies was
a. the same as that in the capitalist societies (i.e., the division between workers and capitalists) b. that between ethnic groups (i.e., between Russians at the top and the various non-Russian ethnic groups at the bottom) c. that between a small proportion of the intelligentsia (i.e., the nomenklatura) and everyone else d. the same as that in agrarian societies (i.e., the cleavage between landlords and peasants)
Describe the differences between acute and chronic illnesses. Give one example of each
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Which of these is not a criticism of Wilson and Herrnstein's biological theory presented in their book, Crime and Human Nature?
a. it does not consider cultural, social and economic factors b. it is overly ambitious and attempts to explain every type of deviant behavior c. it cannot account for white-collar crime d. it fails to explain how a relative concept can be biological e. it ignores the fact that biological predispositions may be offset by supportive socialization