Which of the following terms did Thorstein Veblen coin?

A. vested interests
B. false consciousness
C. nonmaterial culture
D. fads


Answer: A

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

1. Gender roles are most salient in heterosexual romantic relationships—the script is well-known to most of us. 2. Heterosexual men and women seek fairly traditionally masculine and feminine partners with men prioritizing physical attractiveness and sexiness and women prioritizing status and success. 3. Heterosexual men are more likely to misinterpret their financial worth and heterosexual women are more likely to enhance physical attractiveness and misrepresent their weight. Gay men’s profiles tend to emphasize masculinity and physical fitness. 4. Research indicates that men tend to fall in love faster and harder than women. 5. Men tend to express love in more impulsive and sexual ways than women, whose styles of loving tend to be more pragmatic and friendship focused.

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Absolute poverty is ________

a. most common in large nations such as the United States. b. the same as relative poverty. c. life threatening. d. found only in the poorest nations.

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The demographic transition first occurred in what area of the world?

A. Russia B. Southeast Asia C. Latin America D. Northwestern Europe

Sociology