Michael Parenti wrote of public authorities' use of psychosurgery and electroshock to control behavior unacceptable to the existing order
a. true
b. false
a
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What are people experiencing when they expect that society will treat them in one way and they perceive that they are not getting what they expected?
A. absolute deprivation B. resource mobilization C. relative deprivation D. cognitive liberation
Lyotard uses which of the following terms to refer to the rational functionality of contemporary societies?
a. metanarrative b. multivocality c. mercantilization of knowledge d. performativity
Global stratification is best described as creating a hierarchy of
A. individuals within countries. B. governments. C. countries. D. individuals across countries.
Research on normative overconformity suggests that if we wish to understand this form of deviance we must
A. try to identify personality defects in athletes who overconform to norms. B. critically examine the organization and dynamics of elite sport cultures. C. avoid studying athletes in sports where injury rates are relatively high. D. study child athletes rather than adult athletes.