Among the Japanese samurai warriors, a practice called hari-kiri often followed disgrace in battle. Hari-kiri is described in the text as
(a) structured self-destruction.
(b) a form of mental illness.
(c) ritual suicide.
(d) indicative of a sick society.
(c)
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A. psychological/biological B. social/biological C. social/psychological D. biological/social
Julie works for Knowledge Works, a company that calls individuals in the United States and asks them closed-ended questions about their knowledge of different social policies. What kind of research is she conducting?
A. intensive interviewing B. survey C. focus group D. content analysis
Two thirds of employment growth in the United States has taken place in ______.
A. rural areas B. the suburbs C. cities D. Chicago
Boggs argues that corporations actually seek
a. stronger governmental control over the economy. b. less governmental control over the economy. c. neither stronger nor less control by the government of the economy; they seek instead a more democratic control of the government itself. d. both democratic control of government and the corporation itself.