For sociologists, the important characteristics of postmodernism are found in its
A) simplicity of social thought.
B) rejection of rationality and scientific thought as the foundation of knowledge.
C) view of knowledge as a natural given.
D) acceptance of positivism.
B
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In the United States, government interventions that restrict a person's ability to immediately produce and sell a product that he or she has discovered or invented are referred to as ________
A) market restraints B) social forces C) laws of supply and demand D) patent laws
Ritzer cites five types of resources necessary for successful social movements. List and explain the four that you see as most important. Give an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
A judge and her gavel. A cop and his gun. A lawyer and her power suit. A ____ would be most concerned with the parts these objects play in impression management.
a. Conflict theorist b. Functionalist c. Symbolic interactionist d. Feminist
According to Mills, sociological imagination is stimulated by the ability to view the social world __________.
A. as the product of millennia of research and planning B. as inherently sacred C. as a zero-sum game D. from the perspective of others