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The economy is studied as a whole through national income, gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment, economic growth and business cycles. Coverage includes aggregate demand and supply, consumption and investment, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policy, exchange rates and balance of payments, which distinguishes macroeconomics from the study of individual markets.
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- A. communist takeover of China in 1949
- B. Cuban revolution of 1959
- C. American Revolution
- D. French Revolution
Explanation: The American Revolution is commonly described as a nationalistic revolution because it created an independent nation based on resistance…
Correct answer: American Revolution- A. the social order requires piecemeal reform
- B. general apathy has overtaken the public
- C. the public perceives that legitimate government has failed
- D. better government propaganda is in order
Explanation: A crisis of legitimacy arises when people no longer accept the government or political order as rightful and believe it has failed.
Correct answer: the public perceives that legitimate government has failed- A. It has a specific perspective and ideology
- B. It involves no orientation toward action
- C. it has a strong sense of idealism and solidarity
- D. It involves a significant number of people
Explanation: A social movement is organized around a perspective, shared ideals, solidarity, and an effort to produce change, so it necessarily has an…
Correct answer: It involves no orientation toward action- A. are more characteristic of complex societies than of simple ones
- B. are more frequent in totalitarian societies than in democratic ones
- C. express the values of leaders of society
- D. have special meanings in traditional societies where conflicting issues are common
Explanation: Publics and public opinion become especially important in complex societies, where large populations, mass communication and impersonal…
Correct answer: are more characteristic of complex societies than of simple ones- A. interact on a face-to-face basis
- B. respond to a common stimulus
- C. are personally acquainted with each other
- D. have the same thing in mind as to how to behave
Explanation: A mere gathering becomes a crowd when those present respond to a common stimulus, such as an event, danger or performance.
Correct answer: respond to a common stimulus- A. brainwashing
- B. instruction
- C. education
- D. propaganda
Explanation: Propaganda seeks to shape beliefs or choices while discouraging critical evaluation.
Correct answer: propaganda- A. Alpha beta and delta
- B. Micro middle and macro
- C. High and low
- D. Public and public opinion
Explanation: Social change can be examined at the micro level of individuals and small groups, the middle level of organizations and communities, and…
Correct answer: Micro middle and macro- A. social learning theory
- B. cognitive development theory
- C. string theory
- D. identification theory
Explanation: Social learning, cognitive development and identification theories all explain how gender roles are acquired.
Correct answer: string theory- A. are due strictly to biology
- B. are due strictly to culture
- C. are due both to biology and culture
- D. are the product of totalitarian governments?
Explanation: Behavioral differences between men and women can reflect biological influences as well as cultural learning and social expectations.
Correct answer: are due both to biology and culture- A. sexuality exists on a continuum
- B. one is either a heterosexual or a homosexual
- C. bisexuals lack specific hormones
- D. people should have sex-change operations if they felt they were the wrong sex
Explanation: Kinsey’s research treated sexual orientation as a continuum, allowing for varying degrees of heterosexual and homosexual experience rather…
Correct answer: sexuality exists on a continuum- A. prevails only in the U.S
- B. applies only to the old
- C. asserts that the very young and the very old are inferior
- D. has little impact on the society
Explanation: Ageism is a belief system that treats people as inferior because of age, especially at the extremes of life.
Correct answer: asserts that the very young and the very old are inferior- A. meaninglessness
- B. ordinariness
- C. unnaturalness
- D. appropriateness
Explanation: Modern medicine and institutions often remove death from ordinary community life and treat it as something to be managed or postponed.
Correct answer: unnaturalness- A. activity theory
- B. disengagement theory
- C. exchange theory
- D. modernization theory
Explanation: Exchange theory explains relationships in terms of resources and reciprocal benefits.
Correct answer: exchange theory134. As of 2005 what proportion of women were in managerial professional and administrative positions ?
- A. 20%
- B. 12%
- C. 50%
- D. 4%
Explanation: By 2005, women made up roughly half of workers in the combined managerial, professional, and administrative category.
Correct answer: 50%- A. he was content living as a female
- B. he behaved as a little girl once he was given female hormones
- C. in spite of attempted socialization as a female he was unhappy in his gender
- D. his case proves that nurture is stronger than nature
Explanation: David Reimer was raised as a girl after a circumcision accident but later rejected that gender identity and lived as a man.
Correct answer: in spite of attempted socialization as a female he was unhappy in his gender- A. realistically
- B. according to Victorian model
- C. stereotypically
- D. idealistically
Explanation: Media portrayals commonly simplify men’s and women’s behaviour into recurring stereotypes, such as dominant men and nurturing women.
Correct answer: stereotypically- A. Freud
- B. Cooley
- C. Mead
- D. Erikson
Explanation: Identification theory is rooted in Freud’s view that children develop gender identity by identifying with the same-sex parent.
Correct answer: Freud- A. has been with humans from the dawn of culture
- B. began with hunting and gathering societies
- C. has its origins in agricultural communities?
- D. is peculiar to industrial societies
Explanation: This view links durable, structured gender inequality to the rise of agriculture, when settled production and property created stronger…
Correct answer: has its origins in agricultural communities?- A. matriarchal societies have never existed
- B. men perform the highest status non-maternal roles in all societies
- C. men dominate male-female relationships
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Goldberg argued that male dominance is universal: men occupy the highest-status nonmaternal roles, and genuine matriarchies have not…
Correct answer: all of the above- A. cultural decline
- B. cultural pluralism
- C. cultural complex
- D. cultural trait
Explanation: Cultural pluralism exists when distinct groups retain their customs and identity while participating in the wider society.
Correct answer: cultural pluralism