Sociologists interested in studying health care, wellness, illness, and disease as socially constructed problems would most likely use which of the following theories to understand the social origins of these things?
A. fundamental cause theory
B. structural functionalism
C. symbolic interactionism
D. conflict theory
Answer: A
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b. wives feel that husbands share fairly in the household work. c. husbands actually participate equally in the household work. d. husbands feel that wives share fairly in the outside employment.
Professor Washington is conducting research on rates of recidivism after release from prison. He has defined one type of offender as "career criminals", who have committed at least two crimes a year for the past ten years for the purposes of his research. He has _____________ this concept?
a. operationalized. b. described. c. theorized. d. defined. e. interacted upon.
Low voter turnout is essentially nonexistent in the United States.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
__________ refers to a situation in which an ethnic group accepts its subordinate position yet maintains its dignity and identity.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).