North America has the highest per person carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of energy generated from burning fossil fuels by region of the world. Africa has the lowest. In examining these figures sociologists would be most likely to ask
a. "What changes have made human activity in North America more dependent on fossil fuels than human activity in Africa?"
b. "How can North Americans be more like Africans?"
c. "Are African countries more environmentally friendly than North American countries?"
d. "What personality traits exist in North America that do not exist in Africa that are causing more fossil fuel consumption?"
a
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a. using deductive reasoning. b. interpreting the data to lead their readers to a desired conclusion. c. using inductive reasoning. d. identifying a testable hypothesis.
Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer emphasized
interdependencies and power as integrative mechanisms in differentiated societies, while Émile Durkheim stressed the power of cultural symbols as an integrative force. Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
__________ - or female genocide, the systematic and mass murder of women simply because they are women – is prevalent throughout Mexico and Central America
(a) Femicide (b) Female murder (c) Sexicide (d) Female mutilation
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which deviance is dysfunctional to society?
a. It forces the group to organize in order to limit future acts of deviance. b. It causes confusion about norms and values of society. c. It undermines members' trust in the predictability of social relationships. d. It diverts valuable resources that could be used for meeting other social needs. e. all of the above