"Social Physics" or "Positivism" Is Best Defined as The

question 54

Multiple Choice

"Social physics" or "positivism" is best defined as the:

• A) idea that we can scientifically and logically study social institutions and the individuals within them.
• B) effect of religion on social institutions and the individuals within them.
• C) study of the symbolic interactions between social institutions and the individuals within them.
• D) relationship between scientific and religious social institutions.

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Definitions:

Job Security

The probability that an individual will keep their job; a high level of job security implies a low likelihood of losing one's job.

Unions

Organizations formed by workers to collectively bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions with their employers.

Strikes

A work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work, typically to enforce demands upon their employer.

Wagner Act

A foundational piece of US labor law established in 1935 that guaranteed workers the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining.