Identify two organizations or practices that qualify as functional equivalents of religion
What will be an ideal response?
Any of the following qualify: Alcoholics Anonymous; Narcotics Anonymous; the Communist Party; humanism; Transcendental Meditation; psychotherapy
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According to Parsons, from the point of view of functioning of the social system, too low a general level of health and too high an incidence of illness is
a. functional. b. dysfunctional. c. fatal. d. the precursor to collapse.
After 9/11 the U.S. engaged in many counterterrorism initiatives. What are some of these and why are they controversial?
What will be an ideal response?
?The idea that illness leads to poverty more often than poverty leads to illness is known as
a. ?epidemiological theory. b. ?sick role theory. c. ?social class theory. d. ?social drift theory. e. ?fundamental-cause theory.
In the global economy,
A. governments enjoy considerable leverage over citizens' interests. B. corporations enjoy considerable leverage over governments. C. consumers enjoy considerable leverage over corporations. D. governments enjoy considerable leverage over corporations.