Author Question: Putnam believes that which of the following social science findings lend solid support to conflict ... (Read 32 times)

@Brianna17 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Putnam believes that which of the following social science findings lend solid support to conflict theory?

a. Across countries, greater ethnic heterogeneity is associated with lower social trust.
b. In Pakistan, clan, religious, and political diversity are linked with failure of collective infrastructure maintenance.
c. Across American census tracts, greater ethnic heterogeneity is associated with lower rates of car-pooling (a social practice that embodies trust and reciprocity).
d. Within experimental game settings such as prisoners-dilemma or ultimatum games, players who are more different from one another (regardless of whether or not they actually know one another) are more likely to defect (or cheat').
e. All of the above

Question 2

Evidence confirming the seriousness of a social problem is most convincing when it is ___________________ _____.

a. inconsistent with the author's causal argument
b. drawn largely from the author's personal experience
c. reasonably objective
d. based on partisan, secondary sources
e. all of the above