A community is best defined as:
a. a sense of solidarity
b. the physical space in which institutional activities are conducted
c. the entire territory of a population
d. the local areas of cities in which people live
e. none of the above
b. the physical space in which institutional activities are conducted
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William Robinson, a sociologist, found that during the 1930s there was a positive relationship between the literacy rate and percentage of the population that was foreign born. If you concluded on this basis that your neighbor, Yasmine, who is a foreign-born resident, has a higher literacy rate than other native-born residents, you would be committing the
a. individualistic fallacy. b. ex post facto fallacy. c. ecological fallacy. d. part-whole fallacy. e. secondary data fallacy.
____ refers to the system of social dominance by males, men, and masculinity.
A. Feminism B. Masculinism C. Paternalism D. Patriarchy
Marmot and coauthors adhere to the universal human rights paradigm in arguing that health care is a _______ and not a market commodity.
a. all of the above b. drain on public expenditure c. necessary expense d. common good
Which sociologist has noted that the functionalist perspective's emphasis on stability and the conflict perspective's focus on change reflect the contradictory nature of society?
A. Émile Durkheim B. Ferdinand Tönnies C. Ralf Dahrendorf D. Talcott Parsons