Sociologists note that although obesity is common in the U.S., with emphasis on supersizing and all-you-can eat, many women strive for thinness to fit our culture's image of beauty. This duality exemplifies what perspective?
A) Functionalism
B) Both/and
C) Social conflict
D) Modernism
B
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The average American family debt load has increased in the past fifty years. In 2007 debt was _____ percent of income for the average family
a. 32% b. 67% c. 100% d. 133%
As __________ suggested, when a change in the material culture occurs in society, a period of cultural lag follows in which the nonmaterial (ideological) culture has not yet caught up with material development
a. Georg Simmel b. George Herbert Mead c. William Ogburn d. Steven Buechler
Karl Marx believed that democracy was a sham.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Studies surveyed by Minge-Klevana suggest that the belief that modern industrial societies are characterized by abundant leisure time is
a. true b. equivocal, i.e., no firm conclusions can be reached c. false