Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Max Weber argued value rational action is used by human beings to bring about a desired outcome or goal.
2. Behaviorism is a study largely associated with the biology of behavior.
3. Participating in religious rituals because everyone around you is also participating is an example of value-rational action.
4. Max Weber was most concerned with nonrational types of action.
5. According to Max Weber, formal rationality is unique to the Western world with the coming of the industrial era.


1. False
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. True

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