Max Weber's thesis on the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism highlighted the importance of which of the following in the process of social change?
a. invention
b. ideas
c. social conflict
d. cultural diffusion
b
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Sanderson and Alderson discuss three historic forms of dependency since the beginnings of capitalism. These are
a. economic, political, and social b. colonial, financial-industrial, and new c. colonial, neocolonial, and postcolonial d. financial-industrial, multinational, and global
In 2009, Carrie Prejean, who was later stripped of her Miss California crown, stated that:
a. Gays are oppressed in America. b. Marriage is between a man and a woman. c. Every child deserves a mother. d. All states should ratify same-sex marriages.
Sociological perspective that argues that the ruling class uses religion as a weapon to achieve its own ends:
A) functionalist B) conflict theory C) symbolic interactionist D) rational choice
The author argues that one individual's influence over another is
a. impossible. b. never positive. c. difficult to measure. d. all of these