Which statement would a conflict theorist be likely to make?
A. Popular culture is produced by corporations that serve the interests of the 1 percent.
B. Popular culture gives average people an opportunity to see how their lives could be.
C. Popular culture reflects life the way it really is—the good, the bad, and the ugly.
D. Popular culture has no real point and no real influence—it is just a way to pass time.
Answer: A
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____________ includes seeking pastoral care, participating in organized and nonorganized religious activities, and expressing faith in a God who cares for people.
A. Religiosity B. Religious identity C. Spiritual support D. Religious generativity
Karl Marx referred to the propensity of capitalists to maximize profits by reducing wages as the __________, which he believed to be one of the inherent contradictions of capitalism that would produce its eventual downfall
a. peak syndrome b. inflation syndrome c. expansion syndrome d. falling rate of profit
Sociology arose as a scientific discipline during a period characterized by:
a. kings and queens continuing to rule by divine right b. relative peace and tranquility allowing time for contemplation c. reliance on the writings of classical philosophers for understanding human experience d. social and philosophical upheaval
List and briefly discuss two links from your micro-level networks.
What will be an ideal response?