Every four years in the United States there is a presidential election, and after the election, nearly half the population readily accepts the leadership of the person for whom they did not vote. This is an example of:

A. egalitarian authority
B. charismatic authority
C. traditional authority
D. rational-legal authority


Answer: D. rational-legal authority

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Fill in the blanks with correct word

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Compared to schools in wealthy areas, schools in poor areas are more likely to have:

a. Lower Test Scores b. Outdated Textbooks c. Inexperienced Teachers d. All of the above

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Demonstrating non-spuriousnessness means to

a. establish causality. b. eliminate alternative explanations. c. give evidence for time order. d. give evidence for a hypothesis. e. none of these.

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In __________ societies, kinship or family lineage (descent) and inheritance come through the mother and her blood relatives.

a. matrilineal b. bilateral c. patrilineal d. unilineal

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