Horatio Alger, Ayn Rand, Rand Paul, among others, promote the ethics of capitalism based on the notions of "rags to riches," self-reliance, and limited government. Sociologists consider this to be ______.

A. fundamentally good for society
B. the self-made myth
C. a key concept of symbolic interactionism
D. a reliable pathway out of poverty


Answer: B

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How does the concept of race compare between Brazil and the U.S.? a. In the U.S., a person with any amount of Black ancestry has historically been designated as Black; this has not been the case in Brazil

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a. air b. groundwater c. ocean d. food

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The “within-group population variance estimate” is symbolized as __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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