The awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate, personal social settings and the remote, impersonal social world is called
A. a theory.
B. anthropology.
C. verstehen.
D. the sociological imagination.
Answer: D
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One of the reasons for the Islamic conflict with capitalist nations is the belief of some that modernization threatens their religion. The movement to restore the faith as it was originally practiced is called ________
A) compartmentalization B) fundamentalism C) animism D) ecclesia
According to functionalists, acts of civil disobedience (including lunch counter sit-ins and bus boycotts) exemplify which function of deviance?
a. Deviance clarifying rules b. Deviance uniting a group c. Deviance promoting social change d. Deviance preventing social chaos
Functionalism tends to assume that social change is a response to influences outside of a culture
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Karl Marx believed that capitalist societies
a.are comprised of many classes, all with an equal opportunity to gain power and wealth b. are comprised of many classes and the higher up people are in the class system the more likely they are to gain power and wealth c. are comprised of three classes: those who work in physical labor, those who work in technology and professional labor, and those who work as managers and executives d. are comprised of two classes, those who are laborers and those who are employers