Which of the following statements about the shang dynasty’s system of writing is false? a. no evidence of the writing system has survived. b. the shang often wrote on bamboo parchment. c. the writing system had over 3,000 characters. d. the writing system developed from a system of pictographs.

Chapter 1 what is the sociological perspective? why did durkheim say that some people are more likely to commit suicide? what does it mean that sociology us to see that “things are not as they seem"? what is the "sociological imagination"? how did industrialization and urbanization lead to the development of sociology? who is the "father" of sociology (and coined the term sociology)? what was the major goal of sociology’s pioneers like comte and durkheim? what did herbert spencer say? what did karl marx think caused social change? when did sociology become established as an academic discipline in the u.s.? what did w.e.b. dubois say was the major problem of the 20th century? what is the functionalist view of society? what is the main focus of the conflict perspective? why are gender and race important to the conflict perspective? what is the symbolic interactionist perspective? chapter 2 why is culture vital to human survival, and how is that different from animal instinct? what is the sapir-whorf hypothesis? what is a norm? what are mores and folkways? how does the u.s. compare to other nations in terms of how multicultural or culturally diverse it is? what is a subculture? what is a counterculture? what is cultural lag? can you give an example? what is the ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism debate about?

Attitudes toward homeless people. negative attitudes toward poor people are negative when a person is homeless? to find out, a common. are attitudes more description of a poor person is read to subjects. there are two versions of this description. one begins jim is a 30-year-old single man he is currently living in a small single-room apartment the other description begins jim is a 30-year-old single man. he is currently homeless and lives in a shelter for homeless people. otherwise, the descriptions are the same. after reading the description, you ask subjects what they believe about jim and what they think should be done to 26 him. the subjects are 544 adults interviewed by telephone. outline the design of this experiment.

How do direct democracry and representative democary differ