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Daniel is the owner of a company that manufactures automobile parts. He owns all the factories of the company and employs 3,000 workers. In the context of Karl Marx’s theory of class conflict, Daniel belongs to the __________.

Breanna believes that Jarrod is upset with her because she interprets his tone of voice as angry. Although Jarrod states that he is not angry, from a symbolic interactionist perspective, it is Breanna’s __________ of the situation that is most real or believable to her.

Business operations that supply illegal services such as prostitution and loan-sharking for profit are most likely engaged in __________.

Which of the following is not generally considered a component of social structure?

Which of the following is not true about a postindustrial society?

When studying the problem of suicide, sociologists are most interested in explaining its __________.

Which of the following groups has the highest rate of suicide?

A former business manager is between jobs and takes a job at a local retail store to make ends meet. When working at the retail store, she frequently talks about her previous work and her plans for the future. She doesn’t want people to view her as a “clerk.” Her behavior is an example of __________.

Some people are atheists because they hold the conviction that God does not exist. This conviction is an example of a(n) __________, which is a central component of nonmaterial culture.

Michel Foucault studied prisons from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s and found that prison officials used surveillance techniques to maintain social control and were able to use their knowledge as a form of power over inmates. Foucault’s study best illustrates __________.