Anthropologist Leslie White maintained that inventions control people. He supported this conclusion with the argument that
a. necessity is the mother of invention.
b. when the cultural base is capable of supporting an invention that invention will come into being whether we want it or not.
c. human beings have no free will.
d. the best things in science are found because they are useful at the time.
b
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Which of the following countries exemplifies the modern pluralistic state?
A. United States B. Japan C. Switzerland D. Egypt
Which of the following statements about urbanization is NOT true?
a. An increasing proportion of the population becomes concentrated in cities. b. In general, it results in an increase in the birthrate. c. Urban living is associated with later marriage. d. Cities can continue to grow even after a society has become urbanized.
The concept "homogamy" means that ________
a. people marry because they benefit from being married. b. women usually marry older men. c. people marry others who are socially like themselves. d. most marriages are based on romantic love.
Alexander Liazos speaks for the social-conflict approach when he states that:
a. powerless people are at the highest risk of being defined as deviant. b. deviance has both functions and dysfunctions. c. deviance exists only in the eye of the beholder. d. society should ignore victimless crime.