In which type of government does a single person have nearly total power to make and enforce laws, and rules primarily by coercion?

A. representative democracy
B. democracy
C. oligarchy
D. dictatorship


Answer: D

Sociology

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Explanations that people construct about the causes of behavior are referred to as

ANSWER:

Sociology

Critical race theory is an attempt by scholars and activists to transform the relationship between race, racism, and ______.

A. privilege B. politics C. power D. structuralism

Sociology

Redlining is an example of an __________ practice that discriminates

a. overt b. last resort c. recent d. institutionalized

Sociology

Sex role theory, which was developed by functionalists, was criticized on which grounds?

a. It undermined the traditional division of labor by encouraging women to find employment in the expanding labor market. b. It was a normative theory that embraced assumptions about behaviors that allowed society to function most effectively, thereby reinforcing gender inequality. c. It did not adequately address the Hobbesian question, “How is society possible?”. d. All of these.

Sociology