Symbolic interactionists view as the primary motivation for human behavior. a. people's definition of the situation b. whether or not action is functional c. achieving social solidarity d. struggles for social and economic resources

As societies modernize, what often happens to crime rates? a. they increase b. they decrease c. they remain the same d. they increase slightly and then fall rapidly

Give an example of a situation in which an individual's pursuit of economic self-interest may not benefit but instead harm the rest of society

Mankiw attributes – chapter 1 and his 10 principles – differences in living standards within a countryover time and across countries at a moment in time to: a. the presence or absence of inflation and unemployment.b. the allocation of resources between private markets and the public sector.c. those that have dealt successfully with the efficiency v. equality tradeoff and those that haven’t.d. differences in productivity.e. ones that think at the margin and respond to incentives and those that don’t.