In the 2000s, Restless Leg Syndrome was advertised as a medical condition that could be resolved with medications that ease nerve pain. This is an example of ______.
A. biology
B. medicalization of illness
C. running injury
D. biographic disruption
Answer: B
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Which of the following could NOT be considered evidence that gender is socially constructed?
A. It changes across cultures. B. It is based on biological differences. C. It changes across time. D. It is based on ideas of sex difference.
Men benefit more from marriage than women
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following has not been suggested a way in which mortality is related to extreme weather and climate change?
a) Animals become stressed, and the chance of animal to human disease transmission increases. b) Extreme heat leads to excess deaths of the elderly. c) Increased temperature leads to an increase in the geographic extent of some parasites. d) Increased rainfall increases the risk of cholera.
According to Erikson, individuals pass through a series of developmental stages from infancy to old age, each of which involves a ____
a. psychosocial crisis or developmental task b. sociobiological crisis or cognitive task c. developmental crisis or psychopathic task d. psychosocial crisis or biological task e. developmental crisis or cognitive task