Economics MCQs

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To some degree according to some research heredity determines_____________?
A. The ability to control impulses
B. Leadership abilities
C. Sociability
D. All of the above
Deviant individuals______________?
A. Set examples for others thus reaffirming existing norms
B. Are invented by society to promote group cohesion
C. Hinder group cohesion by disrupting stability
D. Prevent social change from occurring
Determining that a particular act is deviant may depend on______________?
A. The place time and circumstances
B. The social status of the person committing the act
C. The social status of those judging the act
D. All of the above
Deviance contributes to social change in that________________?
A. Today’s deviant is tomorrow’s leader
B. Deviant acts invariably point to outdated rules
C. Deviance is a fad
D. Some actions initially defined as deviant eventually become generally accepted
An ideology is______________?
A. A set of ideas values and attitudes
B. A testable theory
C. Always based on religion
D. None of the above
ideologies may be described as_______________?
A. Simplified world views
B. Complex explanations of the world
C. Rejecting action
D. None of the above
The myth complex functions to_________________?
A. Make people feel free
B. Secure that will of the people
C. Give legitimate authority to the government in power
D. Fool the people some of the time
ideologies tend to arise during periods of_____________?
A. Prosperity
B. Crisis
C. Natural disasters
D. Conversations among intellectuals
In the United States a sense of national identity ?
A. Never developed
B. Was first based on a common ethnicity and language
C. Was later reinforced by the notion of “specialness”
D. Only b and c