According to Durkheim, examining social facts is the primary purpose of sociology
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Which term refers to a system of authority in which the majority of people are ruled by a few powerful individuals?
A. oligarchy B. cronyism C. nepotism D. universalism
The Souls of Black Folk differs from The Philadelphia Negro because
a. it relies solely on empirical data. b. it introduced a new “soulful” voice from Du Bois. c. it approaches race on a rational level. d. it introduces Du Bois’s typology.
According to Maxine Baca Zinn, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, and Michael Messner in "Gender Through the Prism of Difference," what factor(s) other than gender affect women?
a. class b. race c. age d. all of these answers are correct
Many states use welfare hotels to provide emergency shelter for homeless families. Which of the following applies?
a. Welfare hotels are nicer than public housing so homeless families are reluctant to leave. b. The state pays more to provide a single room without food storage or cooking facilities in a welfare hotel than they would pay to provide a permanent apartment to the same family. c. Families in welfare hotels are split up. Parents live in one room while children sleep in a dormitory room with children from other families who are all supervised by a child care worker. d. Welfare hotels only provide rooms to homeless families at 8 PM if they have not filled the rooms for that evening so families do not know if they have shelter until late.