Today, Steve went into a grocery store where a stranger checked out his purchases and another stranger bagged his groceries. Then he went to Wendy's and purchased a hamburger from another stranger, and on his way home another stranger changed the oil in his car. These experiences are all characteristic of ________.
A. organic solidarity
B. Gemeinschaft relationships
C. Gesellschaft relationships
D. mechanical solidarity
Answer: C
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Which of the following is an argument used for the legalization of gay marriages?
A. Children raised by gay parents are worse off than those raised by heterosexual parents. B. People should have the same rights regardless of sexual orientation. C. Gay marriages are not stable and do not last. D. An economy fails to gain from gay marriages because they have a negative impact on businesses. E. People can love each other without getting married.
Functionalist Emile Durkheim likened society to a(n) ______.
A. city B. airport C. human body D. clock
Identify the relationship between society and culture
A) ?They are literal opposites. B) ?They are interdependent. C) ?They are independent. D) ?They are mutually exclusive. E) ?They are legally mandated.
“Cultural deficiency” theories explain racial subordination by positing that __________
A) social opportunities affect groups in different ways B) cultural groups have lifestyles and value systems that keep them from succeeding C) God predetermines people’s success in life D) racial groups differ in intelligence