According to Parsons, illness is:
a. functional.
b. a form of deviance.
c. a form of mental illness
d. not allowed in capitalist societies
b
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The U.S. ranks number one overall in terms of health-care responsiveness
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When most of us learned about the American history in school, we were taught the history of European Americans. Other groups’ experiences were either briefly described or not described at all. 2. A coprovider family is what we call today a single-earner structure, where only one partner contributes to the family income and the other stays at home. 3. Despite our popular mythology, there were actually very few multigenerational households with warm and loving grandparents welcoming each grandchild’s birth. 4. The church plays a minimal, if not absent, role in African American mental and spiritual resilience and there is often very little community support system available for black families. 5. The higher Asian American socioeconomic status can also partially be explained by the fact that they settled mainly on the East and West Coasts where wages are higher.
Hearing rumors about her new roommate, Jamilla expects this roommate to be unfriendly and conceited. Because of this expectation, Jamilla is not very warm or open. Several weeks later, Jamilla finds that her roommate is unfriendly. This may be an example of:
A) a growth belief. B) overconfidence. C) a self-fulfilling prophecy. D) a positive illusion.
Ethnicity is __________
A) an ascribed attribute B) found only among those living in ethnic communities C) not found among any racial groups D) a creation of a pluralistic U.S. society