According to the __________ perspective of sociology, religion helps keep things the way they are, including the inequities in our society.
a. functionalist
b. born-again
c. symbolic interactionist
d. conflict
Answer: d. conflict
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Which of the following is a violation of a more in the U.S.?
a. Interrupting someone when that person is talking b. Robbing someone at knifepoint c. Wearing a baseball cap with the bill facing backwards d. Collecting knives
The principle of mutually assured destruction (MAD) transformed war from a a. lose-lose proposition to a win-lose scenario
b. win-win proposition to a win-lose scenario. c. win-lose proposition to a win-win scenario. d. win-lose proposition to a lose-lose scenario.
Some theorists argue that there can never be an absolute definition of poverty. In fact, the text suggests that wealth actually creates poverty. In other words, poverty is
a.) impossible to ever measure with certainty. b.) always relational. c.) contingent on family size. d.) based on the needs of individuals.
What has been called a "celebration of the soul's entrance into heaven"?
A. The funeral meal prepared by elders B. The "second line" march (or jazz funeral) of New Orleans brass bands C. Balloon release a year after death D. The playing of Barber's Adajio for Strings at a funeral