Since 1878 when it was founded, the town of Eureka, Nevada's identity has centered around its mines. Which sociologist and concept applies to this statement?
a. Jane Addams' concept of sympathetic understanding
b. Max Weber's concept of social action.
c. Auguste Comte's concept of social statics
d. W.E.B. DuBois' concept of double consciousness
C
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"A chi-square test for independence indicated that males and females were not evenly distributed across the categories [?2 (3, N = 234 ) = 56.79, p = .04]." What is the chi-square value in this study?
A) 3 B) 234 C) 56.79 D) .04
Mansoor tells you he believes that many countries in Africa are poor because other nations exploited Africa's labor and natural resources for their own benefit. As a result, it was difficult for Africa's poor nations to build their own economies. Which theory is Mansoor explaining?
A. modernization theory B. world systems analysis C. colonial theory D. dependency theory
Attribution errorrefers to a situation in which one
A. fails to see that group membership is the cause of a person’s behavior. B. makes attributions about a person’s behavior to membership in a particular group. C. blames something on one person that is really the fault of another person. D. completely misunderstands the action in a particular situation.
Which of these statements is the best explanation of the relative influence of biological and social factors in human development?
a. Biological principles explain all forms of human behavior
b. There is hardly any human behavior that is influenced by biological factors.
c. Heredity provides the basic material out of which social interaction shapes human characteristics.
d. It is clear that biological principles have far greater ability to explain human behavior than does social interaction.