___________ Theory that argues that in collective situations people lose their individuality and become swept up in the behaviors of others
What will be an ideal response?
contagion
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Bradbury County has about 100,000 residents spread across dozens of small communities. The county seat, Phillipsburg, is the largest city in the county with 18,000 residents. Many of the people who live in Bradbury County work in the neighboring county, which includes Philadelphia. According to the definitions in the text:
a. Bradbury County is nonmetropolitan. b. Bradbury County is metropolitan. c. Bradbury County is nonmetropolitan, but Phillipsburg is metropolitan. d. Bradbury County is metropolitan, but Phillipsburg is nonmetropolitan.
In addition to division of labor, social inequality arises because
a. cooperation demands it. b. some people win when there is conflict. c. human beings have a need to be better than others. d. people are innately superior to some and inferior to others.
Which of the following factors has most likely affected the "black marriage crisis," the continuing decline in the rate and quality of black marriages?
A. high unemployment rates of black males B. unequal division of labor in black families C. devaluation of family D. aversion to children
The decision by the officers of a financial institution not to make loans in a particular area is known as __________, part of a general trend of disinvestment
a. deindustrialization b. redlining c. gentrification d. enterprise zones