Aisha is a successful television producer with two children, and is married to an attorney. She overhears a conversation at work about the dangers of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure from plastic bottles. She does some research on the Internet and contacts her family doctor with questions. Then she replaces her family's plastic cups and bottles with non-BPA products. The fact that after Aisha learned about the dangers, she could research the subject and take action to protect her family is an example of which interpretation of the theory that social position causes health outcomes?
a.) materialist interpretation
b.) drift interpretation
c.) fundamental causes interpretation
d.) psychosocial interpretation
Answer: c.) fundamental causes interpretation
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1. Because of increased access of African Americans to the health care system, black and white infant mortality rates are approximately the same. 2. African Americans are more than twice as likely to die from diabetes, kidney disease, and hypertension as whites. 3. Discrimination based upon African Americans' skin color is less important than their culture and demeanor. 4. After the Civil War up to the end of the century, beliefs about the biological inferiority of African Americans declined in favor of more sociocultural explanations of inferiority. 5. After the Civil War, the South maintained a belief in the biological inferiority of African Americans, while the North dropped such notions.
______, defined as the use of organized force, represents a state of armed conflict between different nations, states, or groups within a nation or state.
A. Conflict B. War C. Terrorism D. Defense
Shifting attention to an examination of heterosexuality as opposed to “deviant” sexualities is an example of:
a. “studying up” b. compulsive heterosexuality c. normative sexuality d. heteronormativity
Max Weber
A. examined the connection between religious allegiance and capitalist development. B. examined the influence of religion on suicide. C. studied cult behavior in Germany. D. called religion the "opiate of the masses."