Various religious groups and their followers are very upset about scientific advances in reproductive technology, such as birth control pills, abortion pills, in-vitro fertilization, and genetic engineering. This conflict between religious values and new scientific concepts illustrates
A. material culture.
B. nonmaterial culture.
C. culture lag.
D. cultural adaptation.
Ans: C. culture lag.
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A. structural-functionalism B. conflict/critical theory C. symbolic interactionism D. exchange theory
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a. church b. profane c. sacred d. religion
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a. none b. less than half c. slightly more than half d. almost all
The __________ perspective argues that lawmakers help to create and maintain fearful attitudes toward certain types of crime in order to deflect attention from white-collar crimes and implement more social control over the working and lower classes
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