A Comparison of the Production, Consumption, and Leisure Time of Middle-Class

question 61

Multiple Choice

A comparison of the production, consumption, and leisure time of middle-class French people and Machiguenga horticulturalists in Peru showed that French men and women __________.

• A) consume much more, work more, and spend less time on leisure than Machiguenga men and women
• B) consume much less, work more, and spend less time on leisure than Machiguenga men and women
• C) consume much more, work less, and spend less time on leisure than Machiguenga men and women
• D) consume much more, work more, and spend more time on leisure than Machiguenga men and women

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Definitions:

Scapegoat Theory

A social psychology concept that explains the tendency to blame someone else for one's own problems, often as a way of deflecting attention from one's own failures.

Outgroups

Any group with which an individual does not identify, often viewed oppositely to the in-group and sometimes subject to biases and stereotypes.

Salience

The quality of being particularly noticeable or important; the state at which something stands out from its background or context.

Stereotype Formation

The process by which individuals develop generalized beliefs or assumptions about particular groups of people, often based on limited or biased information.