For economist Thomas Malthus, _________ is the only acceptable preventive check on population
a. contraception
b. moral restraint
c. famine
d. disease
b
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A. 80 percent B. 60 percent C. 20 percent D. 50 percent
Which sociologist developed the concept of the sociological imagination?
A. W. E. B. Du Bois B. Karl Marx C. C. Wright Mills D. Max Weber
Patricia Hill Collins called the intersection of the heirarchical systems of inequality the
a. heirarchy of subordination. b. hierarchical matrix. c. matrix of domination. d. matrix of subjegation.
Whether Muslim women veil themselves, especially in countries such as the United States and France, is often a controversial topic. Sociological research has found that while some women choose to veil for religious reasons, others may take up the veil because they are motivated to claim their Muslim identity in the face of anti-Muslim sentiment. These different interpretations of the import of veiling illustrates how meaning is subjective. This emphasis on differences in subjective interpretations, in turn, is characteristic of
a.) postmodernism b.) functionalism c.) symbolic interactionism d.) conflict theory