Your text illustrates the definition of a social problem with two examples: opium use in China and women's lack of the right to vote in the United States until 1920 . These examples demonstrate that __________
a. an existing social condition becomes a social problem when it is redefined as a problem that must be solved
b. minorities, such as drug users and women, often cause social problems
c. drug use and lacking the right to vote are social problems, no matter where they occur
d. social problems occur everywhere
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a. primary sex characteristics. b. secondary sex characteristics. c. biology. d. gender.
In the United States, the coordinated national policy toward education for the gifted is called:
a. home schooling. b. No Child Left Behind II. c. There is no national policy for education of the gifted. d. de jure education. e. the Gifted and Talented Funding Act of 2008.
Power that is achieved through force, against the will of those being forced, as when dictators use the military and state police to take over the government and suppress dissent, is termed
A. legitimate power. B. arbitrary power. C. coercive power. D. cyclical power.
A number of educational entrepreneurs have advocated restructuring the U.S. educational system in ways that would remove schools from democratic, community-based control
Indicate whether the statement is true or false