Your Best Friend, Who Has Recently Graduated with Honors from Harvard

question 61

Multiple Choice

Your best friend, who has recently graduated with honors from Harvard University, arrives at a party you are hosting. Despite being a total stranger to all of the guests, your friend is surrounded almost constantly by others throughout the entire evening. How would a theorist like Max Weber analyze this situation?

• A) Your friend likely has a large ego and is attention seeking by nature.
• B) By attending an elite university, your friend has openly stated his dislike for the working class, drawing lots of attention.
• C) Your friend enjoys high prestige due primarily to the affiliation with a high-prestige university.
• D) Your friend enjoys a lot of wealth and privilege and thus draws others who seek that as well.

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Definitions:

Fraud

An intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual.

Misrepresentation

A false statement of fact made by one party to another, which, while inducing that party to enter into a contract, leads to its breach.

Misleading Statement

False or deceptive information that can lead someone to an incorrect understanding or belief.

Expression of Opinion

The act of stating or sharing one's thoughts, beliefs, or judgements without the intention of stating a fact.