A characteristic self-protective human response to mass death and carnage is

A. psychic dumbing.
B. patriotism.
C. psychic numbing.
D. to become super sensitive and emotional.


Answer: C

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a. true b. false

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Max Weber feared that bureaucracy would spread into all areas of life where it would create a dehumanizing environment. He used the term ____ for this dangerous consequence of bureaucracy

a. oligarchy b. the iron cage of rationality c. Parkinson's law d. Murphy's law e. the Peter Principle

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Ever since Ken lost his job to outsourcing, he stopped buying products made anywhere but in the United States. Ken was afraid that buying imported products would further the pattern of capital flight, and he had begun to feel a resentment toward other nations. Which is Ken experiencing?

a. xenophobia b. cultural imperialism c. xenocentrism d. ethnocentrism

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Discuss structural barriers to democracy. How do these barriers affect who is represented and who votes?

What will be an ideal response?

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