Spencer wrote the industrial civilizations of his time were the apex of evolution. Given that, what would he say about today’s postindustrial societies?

What will be an ideal response?


According to Spencer, the regulative and sustaining structures of society would adapt to a postindustrial world he could not envision during his own time

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a. wealth b. income c. social class d. budget

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The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell reveals an important fact about the nature of deviance. That fact is

a. there are some societies in which deviance does not exist. b. deviance is present in all societies. c. what is considered deviant varies across time and place. d. deviance is learned

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When interval-ratio data are badly skewed, the appropriate measure of central tendency is the

a. mode. b. median. c. mean. d. first quartile.

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Proponents of the theory known as the __________ poverty claim that people in poverty are to blame for their own condition.

A. structure of B. dichotomy of C. hierarchy of D. culture of

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