The concept of identity refers to
a. groups made up of a number of families who are believed to be related through birth or marriage to a common ancestor.
b. belonging to an ethnic group.
c. the set of characteristics by which individuals or collectives understand themselves and are known to others.
d. groups that are made up of a large segment of the human population whose members are considered distinct on the basis of genetically-transmitted physical differences.
e. the divide between those who belong to a group and those who do not.
Question 2
Which of the following ideas does the individualistic fallacy criticize?
a. Collective concepts cannot explain individual behavior.
b. Individuals have a right to make decisions for themselves but the state should provide economic protection and distribute social goods to individuals.
c. Collective concepts like culture can be adequately measured by aggregating individual level data.
d. Individuals have a right to make decisions for themselves and that families and small social organizations should provide economic protection and distribute social goods to individuals.
e. Government involvement in the protection of groups or the leveling of the economic playing field should be discouraged.