Gerhard lenski argues that social inequality may have once served the overall purposes of society, but the degree of social and economic inequality that now exists far exceeds the need to provide for goods and services. this facet of lenski's analysis is consistent with which perspective?
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective

Saade, morin, and thomas (2012) describe critical thinking as the mental processes of discernment, analysis, and evaluation applied to information in order to achieve a logical final understanding and/or judgment. describe your approach to breaking down information into component parts to better understand the characteristics of a statement, concept, or problem. how might outlining to develop understanding? how do you know when to reach beyond previous experience and seek out other sources of information to enhance your understanding of the work in front of you? (this response does not require research support.)

Martin is managing a production line in a manufacturing plant in the midwest. martin has a quality and productivity problem in one part of the manufacturing process. he discovers that his workers aren't sure what to do. when he asks why they didn't ask questions, the universal reply is, "we midwesterners don't ask questions, we just do." martin decides to address this problem by offering recognition rewards for anyone who asks the most job-related questions each month that lead to process improvements. unfortunately, martin finds the program doesn't work. when he further questions his workers, he discovers that no one wants to be the first to ask questions. as a group, workers still feel that they should figure it out on their own and not ask questions. martin finds carmen, one of the workers that everyone else admires, and talks her into being the first to ask questions as part of the program. after about a month, several other people begin to submit questions, and soon everyone in the plant is asking questions. refer to case 6.1. martin's plan failed initially because he didn't consider the power of on attitudes.

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.