If You Theorize That Poor People Join Groups Dedicated to Keeping

question 37

Multiple Choice

If you theorize that poor people join groups dedicated to keeping toxic waste dumps out of low-income communities because they want to enjoy the same standard of living and quality of life as the rest of society,then you are asserting:

• A) structural functionalism.
• B) relative deprivation theory.
• C) mass society theory.
• D) resource mobilization theory.

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Definitions:

Ribose

The 5-carbon sugar present in RNA and in important nucleoside triphosphates such as ATP.

Leader Sequences

Short sequences of amino acids at the beginning of the synthesis of a protein that signal where in the cell it should be localized.

Ribosomes

Cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis, found in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.

Translation

The conversion of information provided by mRNA into a specific sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain; process also requires transfer RNA and ribosomes.