According to the World Health Organization, health is
(a) the absence of physical disease or infirmity.
(b) a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
(c) freedom from chronic ailments.
(d) freedom from acute ailments.
(b)
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Durkheim influenced Warner, who in turn influenced Goffman’s interest in exploring
a. the economic division of labor in interaction within modern societies. b. the increased rationalization of interaction in modern societies. c. the fetishism and fad of interaction embodied in modern societies. d. the rituals that structure social life in modern societies.
The intermediate tier of the American ethnic hierarchy today consists of:
a. white Protestants of various national origins. b. white Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. c. white Catholics, Jews, and Asians. d. blacks, Hispanics, and Asians.
Talcott Parsons believed physicians function as ________ for the sick role by verifying a patient's condition as illness or designating the patient as recovered.
A. functionalists B. gatekeepers C. negotiators D. ambassadors
Much of Ritzer's (RN) argument in "The 'McDonaldization' of Society" is based on the work of what sociological theorist?
A. Goffman B. Marx C. Durkheim D. Weber