A totem is:
a. the spirit of an ancient ancestor.
b. an abstract representation of a god or gods.
c. a special object that supposedly can be traced to the gods.
d. an ordinary object that has become a sacred symbol.
e. an object not understood by most of the community of believers.
D
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How does the sociological perspective apply to individual behavior?
a. All individual behavior can be explained by examining group behavior. b. Individual behavior is not an important issue for research. c. Individual behavior is impossible to predict. d. Groups can be explained by knowledge of the individuals involved. e. Individual behavior is often predictable from the categories to which the individual belongs.
Reentry courts appoint broad-based community advisory boards to develop and maintain _____
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The highest incidence of poverty anywhere in the world is in
A. East Asia. B. sub-Saharan Africa. C. eastern Europe. D. the Arctic.
The development of hip-hop music in the inner cities during the 1970s demonstrates ___________.
a. how this musical style was popular among both urban and rural people b. the power of women to change our way of life c. that not all cultural developments catch on and remain part of our way of life d. the ability of low-income people to create cultural patterns that can shape the whole society