Individuals or organizations with economic, political, or social power that allow them to influence both national and international events with violence may be referred to as ______.
A. defense contractors
B. non-state actors
C. state actors
D. military representatives
Answer: B
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According to research, children who have been abused
a) are unlikely to suffer continual problems later in life. b) may or may not suffer continual problems, based on the individual. c) are likely to suffer severe problems later in life. d) seem predestined to become child abusers themselves.
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis holds that
a. people are forever prisoners of their language. b. language and culture are fairly unrelated. c. exposure to another language can cause a person to become ethnocentric. d. functionalism is more plausible than conflict theory when studying culture. e. our view of the world depends on the particular language we have learned.
In the context of gender and communication, Deborah Tannen (1990, 2006 ) observed:
A) that men try to seek and give confirmations during a conversation. B) that, to men, conversations are a way to reach consensus. C) that women try to achieve the upper hand during a conversation. D) that, to women, conversations are negotiations for closeness.
According to radical feminists, patriarchal societies are characterized by ______.
A. male dominance B. racism C. classism D. feminism