Durkheim concluded that

a. religion is a disruptive force.
b. the "something out there" that people worship is society.
c. the "something out there" must be God.
d. religion is the "opiate of the people.".


b

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a. It brought more production work into the household. b. It created an economy based on cash instead of domestic production. c. Small family businesses took the place of production for household use only. d. Women were able to earn as much or more than men for the first time.

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After 2 years of receiving benefits, adult recipients of the federal cash assistance program a. must either be employed or involved in work-related activities, such as on-the-job training, job search, and vocational education

b. are completely cut off from assistance. c. revert to the AFDC program. d. are declared permanently on government assistance.

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A core idea in Freud's theory of personality is conflict. That conflict, in his opinion is between:

a. structured and unstructured child rearing tactics. b. the infant's basic biological urges and society's demands. c. the parents of the child over styles of child management. d. the yin and yang of the cosmos influencing the child.

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The mode of subsistence for __________ societies is the cultivation of domestic plants, whereas __________ societies rely on grazing domestic animals

a. agrarian; hunting and gathering b. horticultural; pastoral c. pastoral; agrarian d. agrarian; pastoral

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