While historical explanations of race favored ______ explanations, contemporary explanations of race tend to be based on ______.
A. pseudoscientific; cultural factors
B. geographic; genetic factors
C. legal; social and cultural factors
D. scientific; genetic
Answer: C
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Sociological research demonstrates that childhood and family differences are "sturdy" predictors of antisocial behavior, but the capacity of these differences to predict future desistance from such behavior is limited
a. true b. false
Weber’s work describes the connection between __________ and the rise of early capitalism.
A) Islam B) Judaism C) Catholicism D) Protestantism
The _____ is the overall logic of the research project, including what observational method will be used.
a. review of the literature
b. causal logic of the project
c. research design
d. sociological analysis
Which of the following contributions did Robert Merton make to the sociological study of religion?
A. He posited that rituals have both a manifest and a latent function. B. He defined the difference between the sacred and the profane. C. He pioneered the study of the social organization of religion. D. He was the first to study how people “get religion” in response to trauma