Which term is used to describe what a company is doing when it moves its production to another country, producing the same products in the same way but with cheaper labor, lower taxes, and lower benefits to workers?
A. outsourcing
B. offshoring
C. capital flight
D. contingent employment
Answer: B
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Which of the following characterizes communitarian utopians?
a. a demand that society change. c. withdrawal into a separate community b. a search for truth d. disregard society and float above it
Research on emotion and thought processes has concluded that
A. younger adults tended to think at higher developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems, such as unethical behavior at work. B. middle-aged adults tended to think at lower developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems, such as unethical behavior at work. C. high-school students tended to think at the highest developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems. D. middle-aged adults tended to think at higher developmental levels when confronted with emotionally charged problems.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Prosumption theory replaces terms like production and consumption, which have dominated sociological thought since its beginnings. 2. According to Michel Foucault, prior to the 20th century, homosexual acts were not considered indicative of a person’s total self or identity. 3. According to Michel Foucault, the 19th-century development of the sciences of sex including such as psychoanalysis and sexology were the early steps in normalizing homosexuality. 4. According to Michel Foucault, the 19th-century transformations in industrial and domestic life brought people together and were thus early steps in normalizing homosexuality. 5. A central claim of queer theory is that, as binaries, heterosexuality and homosexuality define each other and hence depend for their meaning on each other.
Which of the following statements is a definition of an account?
A. A statement designed to explain embarrassing or unacceptable behavior after the behavior has occurred. B. A statement designed to explain embarrassing or unacceptable behavior before the behavior has occurred. C. The act of persuading someone to accept a less desirable alternative identity. D. The act of persuading someone to aim for a more desirable identity.