In Schooling in Capitalist America, Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis argued that schools train a labor force in the skills and attitudes necessary for the health of a modern economy. What are these skills and attitudes?


Answer: Taking orders and performing repetitive tasks

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a. Elk v. Wilkins b. Apache v. U.S. c. Johnson v. M'Intosh d. Dred Scott v. Sanford

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The systematic study of the relationship between individuals and society is called

A. anthropology. B. political science. C. psychology. D. sociology.

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Freud's theory held that the social self develops primarily

a. at school b. in the family c. in social interaction with other children d. through physical gratification

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Hackers are most likely to live in all of the following states EXCEPT ______.

A. Texas B. California C. Illinois D. New York

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