51.According to your textbook, if you quoted Harvard business professor John B. Matthews on the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. business schools, you would be using __________ testimony. a.peer b.professional c.expert d.unbiased e.valid 52.According to your textbook, if you quoted Joy Perkins Newman, a National Institutes of Health researcher, on the causes of adolescent depression, what kind of testimony would you be using? a.peer b.expert […]

Multiple Choice Questions  1. Shock of Gray, a book that predicts a growing conflict between young and old, developing and developed nations over limited resources was written by: A. Ted FischmanB. Karl MarxC. David RobertsD. William Henry   2. Which of the following is correct regarding age? A. Age is a socially constructed ascribed status.B. Age is considered an achieved status.C. The status of age is not socially constructed much like race or gender.D. all of these […]

36.TFPersuasive speeches on questions of value are almost always arranged in topical order. 37.TFPersuasive speeches on questions of value usually argue directly for or against particular courses of action. 38.TF“To persuade my audience that Citizen Kane is the greatest movie of all time” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of value. 39.TF“To persuade my audience that cloning human beings […]

9) Discuss what Foucault means when he says that what we understand today as sex is a product of the discourse of sexuality. How does the development of a discourse of sexuality relate to the idea that sexuality is learned? 10) Discuss how essentialist approaches differ from social constructionist views in terms of their GraduateWriterHelp.com is an online academic writing platform that provides extensive assistance […]

1. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a(n): a. state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being b. absence of disease c. absence of sickness, viruses, and physical pains d. state of equilibrium, with all the parts in balance 2. __________ is the term for any activity intended to improve health. a. Holistic medicine b. Healing c. Medicine d. Health care 3. __________ […]

1) The state claims a monopoly on legitimate force or violence. 2) Traditional authority increases with the level of industrialization in society. 3) Both Joan of Arc and Adolf Hitler serve as classic examples of charismatic authority. 4) The establishment of city states in about 3,500 BC was accompanied by the creation of the world s first democracies. 5) The concept of representative democracy based […]

41. Erik has been studying population and has found evidence that increasing fertility rates accompany increasing gender equality. Which theory does his finding seem to contradict? a. modernization theory b. dependency theory c. Marxist theory d. demographic transition theory 42. Annie is a Marxist who has developed a critique of the Malthusian perspective. Which of the following arguments is she most likely to make? a. […]

1. __________ is the lifelong process of social interaction through which individuals acquire a self-identity and the physical, mental, and social skills needed for survival in society. a. Acculturation b. Socialization c. Reification d. Self-representation 2. __________ is the systematic study of how biology affects social behavior and asserts that nature is a major factor. a. Psychophysiology b. Genetic analysis c. Sociobiology d. Cybernation 3. […]

    71. In terms of social inequality, agrarian societies generally a. have much more inequality than less productive societal types. b. have about the same amount of social inequality as less productive societal types. c. have less social inequality than less productive societal types. d. come very close to being egalitarian societies. 72. Which of the following types of society has the most productive […]