Which of the following sociological theorists said that religion is the “opiate of the masses”?
a. Karl Marx
b. Émile Durkheim
c. Max Weber
d. Irving Goffman
Answer: A
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Why do organizations, as they grow larger, tend to become more formalized?
A. By law, as it grows larger, an organization has to have more formal rules and policies. B. The person in power wants a greater degree of formality. C. Since organizations are so impersonal they have to become more formalized. D. Organizations become more complex and former informal structures become inadequate.
Which of the following does not illustrate a common type of attribution error?
a. A girl who does well in science is perceived as being unusually smart b. A white person observes a white student taking a wallet out of someone's purse and assumes the student was asked to do so by the owner c. A Hispanic student is carrying a baseball bat and it is assumed he intends to vandalize something d. All of the above are illustrations of attribution error
Once we understand another culture and how its members think and feel, we can look at our own traits from the perspective of that culture. This is known as:
a. ethnocentrism. b. cultural relativity. c. adopting a cross-cultural perspective. d. cultural evolution.
Under capitalism, wage laborers
A. work at the discretion of employers for money to buy goods. B. earn more money than they ever could working for themselves. C. work for themselves and retain all profits. D. become very attached to the products they produce.