A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images is called a(n)
A. postmodern society.
B. postindustrial society.
C. preindustrial society.
D. industrial society.
Answer: A
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a. the denial of exploitation. b. the denial of inequality. c. the belief that society needs the wealthy in order to survive. d. the belief that the strongest naturally survive.
While prejudice is an attitude, discrimination is _____
a. internal b. overt behavior c. hidden d. a belief
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A. Symbolic interactionism B. Rational choice C. Structural functionalism D. Conflict
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A) increasing its relationship with lobbyists B) tolerating pollution from only a select group of companies C) seeing pollution as a “necessary evil” to maintaining capitalism D) enacting laws carrying severe criminal and civil penalties for harming the environment