_____used the term "trained incapacity" to characterize which workers have become so highly specialized, or have been given such fragmented jobs to do, that they are unable to come up with creative solutions to problems

a. Robert Merton
b. Michael Murphy
c. Karl Marx
d. Thorstein Veblen


d

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According to Karl Marx, power was purely a characteristic of ________

A) Politics B) Intelligence C) Education D) Social class

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Purrington (cited by Aulette) interviewed parents about the positive effects of children on their lives. She identified all of the following as positive effects EXCEPT:

a. being able to play like a child again. b. remembering their own childhoods. c. the experience of intense emotions. d. having "bragging rights" about one's child.

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Which of the following is NOT a response to Japan's low birth rate?

a. government sponsored artificial insemination programs b. urgent appeals for couples to have more babies c. condemning young people for being selfish if they choose not to have children d. policies making it easier for women to pursue a career and raise children

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In the United States how much funding for schools comes from the federal government?

a. less than 10 percent b. 15 percent c. 18 percent d. 22 percent

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