Which of the following demonstrates the medicalization of ADHD?
A. Schools structure regular activity breaks into classroom instruction
B. Children are prescribed drugs to suppress the symptoms of ADHD
C. Families are encouraged to home-school children with ADHD
D. Physicians treat ADHD with behavioral modifications
Answer: B
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a. It excludes the civil-rights view of disabilities. b. It takes the perspective adopted by nations such as Great Britain. c. It sees disability as totally an entitlement issue automatically providing certain benefits. d. It is of the view that people with disabilities are being denied certain rights.
Which of the following is not one of the three broad areas that affect all Mexican American families?
a) immigration b) health c) education d) employment
______ is a cultural belief system in which men are expected to desire and seek sex, but women are expected to be sexual only within committed, romantic relationships.
A. Symbolic interactionist theory B. Deviance C. Double standard D. Sex role theory
In the United States in the late nineteenth century, new industrial technology contributed to a rise in industrial accidents, but social welfare legislation to aid those injured did not yet exist. This illustrates __________
a. the Eichmann effect b. future shock c. culture lag d. autonomous technology