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According to the supplementary reading "the meaning of meaning", meaning is our internal response to either the reality (objects, events, or situations experienced through our senses) or the symbols used by a language community to label reality. For example, the meaning of dog for a particular person or a group of people would be their internal response (images appearing in their mind, or loving feelings aroused) when they either see the actual four-legged animal or when see or hear the wo...

Straighterline American Government Final Exam Questions and Answers In which of the following ways is the U.S. free-market system distinct from European economies? - CORRECT ANSWER-a. its lack of regulatory intervention b. its lack of intervention through taxation c. its lack of intervention through spending policies *d. the extent to which private transactions determine the allocation of economic costs and benefits* e. the extent to which it exercises regulatory intervention by alteri...

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Which of the following is a difference between communism and socialism, as described by the text? - correct answer b. Under communism, the government assumes total management of the economy, whereas under socialism, the government does not try to manage the overall economy. In a constitutional system, - correct answer b. there are lawful restrictions on a government's power. Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of American political culture? - correct answer c. cooperation...

Postmodernism Test Premodern- - correct answer > to 1600 AD Revelation is the foundation Modern- - correct answer 1600 to 1960 AD Science comes to forefront Postmodern- - correct answer 1960 to ? Experience is most important John Stonestreet speaks of the Wexner Center of Performing Arts, the first postmodern building. On which University campus is this building located? - correct answer The Ohio State The "Godfather" of the postmodernists, who proclaimed in the Parable of the ...

POLS 101 – Straighterline Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which of the following is a difference between communism and socialism, as described by the text? b. Under communism, the government assumes total management of the economy, whereas under socialism, the government does not try to manage the overall economy. In a constitutional system, b. there are lawful restrictions on a government's power. Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of American political cultur...

Chapter 7 World Views PostmodernismPostmodernism? - correct answer Skeptical worldview founded as a reaction to modernism Postmodernism is a reaction to what? - correct answer Evils of modernism Postmodernism believes that truth claims are what? - correct answer Power claims What is social construct? - correct answer Truth is a collection of artifacts Postmodernism means what? - correct answer After modernism Time period of modernism? - correct answer What 4 key things does mo...

Pols 101 Review Questions With Certified Solutions Which of the following has democracy come to mean in practice? Select one: a. pluralistic government through the combination of popularly elected representatives and the influence of interest groups b. oligarchic government through a legislature chosen through popular election c. elitist control through interest group politics d. pluralism through the election of representatives and the influence of corporate interests e. majority r...

Religions East and West Exam Questions with Correct Answers ______ argued that "religion is society worshipping itself". - Correct Answer Emile Durkheim Karl Marx argued that religion is the opiate of the masses, because ___________. - Correct Answer religion is like an opiate that deadens oppressed people of the sense of pain and alienation. _______ argued that religion offers explanation and justification of good and bad fortunes. - Correct Answer Max Weber _________'s view, that ...

Straighterline American Government Final Exam With Correct Solution Based on his conception of responsible citizenship, John Stuart Mill felt that the best form of government was - CORRECT ANSWER-Democracy Which important aspect of European thought had a big impact on the formation of the political culture of America? - CORRECT ANSWER-Enlightenment Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of American political culture? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cooperation French philosopher Michel...