According to Marx, the primary function of all social institutions, including religion, is to
a. identify problems in society so they may be fixed.
b. make sure the parts that make up society work smoothly.
c. defend the economic order and those who have wealth and power.
d. encourage societies to become more modern and less traditional.
c
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Men in prison are at far greater risk for __________ than the general population
a. heart disease and cancer b. HIV and tuberculosis c. dying of homicide d. erectile dysfunction and alcoholism
Structured observations differ from naturalistic observations in that they
A. use correlations to assess the strength and direction of a relationship. B. create a situation that is likely to elicit the behavior of choice. C. sample behaviors of interest in everyday situations. D. manipulate independent variables to see the effects on dependent variables.
If we fail to reject the null hypothesis in a test using analysis of variance, we are concluding that
a. the populations from which our samples come are the same. b. the samples are dependent. c. the population variances are the different. d. the sample means are different.
A person who shoplifts an item of clothing from a department store is apprehended and labeled as a "thief," and the person subsequently accepts that label, then the person shoplifts more items from stores on numerous occasions. This is an example of: a. tertiary deviance.b. secondary deviance
c. career deviance. d. primary deviance.