According to Thorstein Veblen, which of the following instincts describes how individuals admire, respect, and often imitate successful people?

a. instinct of workmanship
b. parental bent
c. idle curiosity
d. emulation


d. emulation

Sociology

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Worldwide, tobacco dependence is responsible for about ______ deaths per year

A. 40,000 B. 400,000 C. 4 million D. 4 billion

Sociology

The rate of children killed by guns is highest in what nation?

A. England B. United States C. France D. Ireland E. Germany

Sociology

Which of the following is NOT true about women’s social mobility?

A. Women’s occupational attainment, like men’s, is powerfully influenced by class origins. B. There is little evidence of social mobility among women in the past four decades. C. Daughters of lower manual workers are more likely to hold clerical, sales, technical, and service jobs. D. Over half of daughters of upper white-collar men hold a broad range of managerial and professional jobs.

Sociology

Cohabitation

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology