According to Bourgois in "Poverty at Work: Office Work and the Crack Alternative," his informant, Primo,
a. never held a job in New York's office environment.
b. left a job in a service company office primarily because of the low pay it offered.
c. had to quit his job because of repetitive stress syndrome.
d. failed at his office job because he could not alter his street identity and mimic professional office culture.
Correct Answer: d
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A. the fact that people tend to get violent (like a smoke detector going off) when they are frustrated B. a defense mechanism that is so fine-tuned that even an insignificant stimulus might trigger it C. the fact that we are more and more dependent on technology D. none of these
Neandertals were on the average ____________ than modern people.
A. taller and more muscular B. much more lightly built C. shorter and more muscular D. probably weaker
The key early domesticates at Ban-po-ts'un were
A. wheat and goats. B. corn and guinea pigs. C. grapes and cattle. D. millet and pigs.
Among the Azande, illness and many other forms of misfortune are all blamed on witchcraft. This illustrates the ____ of witchcraft
a. sociological interpretation b. cognitive interpretation c. interpretivist theory d. functional theory