Durkheim maintained that for the individual, society is the reality from which everything that matters to us flows. He used this argument to support his belief that
a. people embrace religion in the face of uncertainty.
b. it is impossible to define religion.
c. the something out there that people worship is actually society.
d. there are no religions that are false.
c
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The UNBIASED estimate of the standard error of the mean
sX is: a. X ?? X b. ? N c. N ?1 d. 1 s N ? What will be an ideal response?
Some nations, such as Sweden, are referred to as _____ societies, meaning that they include people who share a common culture and who are typically from similar social, religious, political, and economic backgrounds
a. homogeneous b. subculture c. heterogeneous d. diffused
According to the U.S. system of racial classification, people of Middle Eastern and Arab ancestries are classified as
a. Asian. b. black. c. white. d. other.
____________ are a culture’s standard for discerning what is good and just in society and help shape a society by suggesting what is good and bad.
a. Values b. Beliefs c. Norms d. Symbols