Which of the following statements best defines consumerism?
A) It refers to the rights of consumers to determine the prices of goods.
B) It refers to the phenomenon of buying everything and having everything now.
C) It refers to the tendency to consider materialism more important than spiritualism.
D) It refers to the belief in the benefits of consumer marketing.
B
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a. gesellschaft and gemeinschaft b. sacred and profane c. rural and urban d. spiritual and religious
With regards to immigrant women and work, __________
A) cultural norms dictated that married women should not work outside the home B) about 20% of women worked in factories or mills C) most immigrant women workers were maids and nannies D) prostitution was the only viable way to make money
In which century was masturbation viewed as a disease?
- 17th - 18th - 19th - Both b and c
It is important for social movements to establish what sociologists call a “definition of the situation” that they are involved in; this is also known as social movement___________.
a. ideology b. resource mobilization c. framing d. situationalism