Which of the following concepts employs the kind of value neutrality in scientific study that Max Weber saw as being so important?

A. Cultural relativism
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Cultural integration
D. Xenocentrism


Answer: A

Sociology

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What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

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A) Biracial or Multiracial B) Monoracial or Aracial C) Antiracial and Nonracial D) Ethniracial and Heteroracial

Sociology