Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Habermas defines communicative action as the process in which individuals come to mutual understanding and consensus through closed, coercive debate and discussion freed from the corrosive effects of money, power, and manipulation.
2. As societies evolve, both the state and the economy develop their own formal structure and mechanisms for self-organization, according to Habermas.
3. Repressive desublimation is produced from the conflict between sexuality and society.
4. Horkheimer’s description of the modern world defines usefulness on technological grounds.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True

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Changes in __________ culture often originate among marginalized groups such as African Americans, young people, and gays and lesbians

Fill in the blank with correct word

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________ specifies the formal or informal norms for acceptable or unacceptable sexual activity, including which individuals are eligible sexual partners, and the boundaries of sexual behavior

A) Gender role B) Sexual orientation C) Sexual script D) Sexual identity

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An employer tells his employees that they will be fired if they do not have an AIDS test. This threat is an example of:

a. hereditary authority. b. influence. c. charismatic authority. d. coercion. e. practical rules rather than laws.

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Not disclosing all sources of financial support is an example of an ethical violation, per the code of ethics.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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