Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. George Simmel was primarily a philosopher, not a sociologist.
2. Even though George Simmel was European, his influence as a scholar was primarily in the United States.
3. George Simmel theorized almost exclusively at the macro-level.
4. George Simmel thought both individual and social life was a state of becoming rather than being.
5. George Simmel was an interactionist who thought people are best understood through their relationships with others.
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
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a. Gerhard Lenski b. Max Weber c. Karl Marx d. Emile Durkheim
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a. sexual identity is the only area where a system of advantage can be found. b. gender is the only area where a system of advantage can be found. c. race is the only area where a system of advantage can be found. d. systems of advantage can be found in several aspects of one's life.
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a. female patients are exploited by doctors b. the patient-doctor relationship is based on distrust and conflict c. the situation is defined in such a way as to prevent embarrassment d. the status of the physician determines the definition of the situation
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a. gives some people more privileges and opportunities than others. b. places everyone on a level playing field . c. ensures that hard work will lead people to become wealthy. d. means that what people get out of life is pretty much what they put into it.