The credit for founding the discipline of sociology is given to:
a. Thomas Hobbes.
b. Émile Durkheim.
c. Auguste Comte.
d. Herbert Spencer.
c
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On average, one tribe of Amazonian Indians has been lost each year of the twentieth century. What is the fundamental explanation for this destruction?
A) their resistance to modernization B) ethnocentrism and the greed of non-Indians C) their lack of social organization D) the use of medicinal plants, rather than modern drugs
Although pornography is considered deviant, and much of it is illegal, it is
a) widely used. b) only popular with a few people. c) a subject in which only a few sociologists or other scientists are interested. d) always changing.
Which of the following statements is true of the views supported by the functionalist theory?
A. Society is a complex system of interdependent parts that work together to ensure a society's survival. B. Society has separate sections that work independently. C. Gender inequality is the major source of inequality in society. D. People act on the basis of the interpreted meanings attached to interaction with others. E. People always separate their personal values, opinions, ideology, and beliefs from scientific research.
In the United states, which can be characterized as a(n) _________ country, people tend to equate love with passion, and to marry those whom they are "in love with."
A. collectivistic B. familial C. individualistic D. autonomous