Although human beings are biologically programmed to eat, drink, sleep, and engage in sexual activity, social groups significantly shape how these drives are met. This statement illustrates the power of social groups to affect an individual's _______
a. perceptions
b. behavior
c. convictions
d. health
b
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The development of courses of action for dealing with the problems on the government's agenda" is the definition for which of the following?
a) policy formulation b) policy implementation c) policy evaluation d) agenda setting e) policy adoption
What is the term for an organized group that acts collectively to promote or resist change through collective action?
a. a resistance movement b. a social movement c. a grassroots group d. a rebellious movement
When a Least Industrialized Nation experiences political instability that threatens an entire region's balance of power, what action is the United Nations most likely to take?
A) It will sever all economic connections with the politically unstable nation. B) It will give agriculture and birth control aid to the masses and sell guns to the elites. C) It will ignore the situation because of the Marshall plan. D) It will attempt to act as a mediator between the citizens of the affected nation and their government.
Anthropologist Susan Blum’s research on cheating at colleges and universities found that cheating often resulted from ______.
A. the cesspool of immorality B. a rampant cheating subculture C. the clash of two distinct age-specific subcultures D. parental pressure placed on children to succeed