When Western medicine and public sanitation were exported to the Least Industrialized Nations, it caused a surge in their populations that outstripped their food supplies and resulted in malnutrition, mass starvation, and political unrest

This illustrates __________.

A) indexing
B) a latent function
C) a latent dysfunction
D) alienation


C

Sociology

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The term ________ refers to the forced deportation of people, accompanied by systematic violence including death

a. apartheid b. segmented assimilation c. ethnic cleansing d. fusion

Sociology

Institutional discrimination refers to

a. the discrimination faced by persons in mental hospitals. b. an individual treating another unequally. c. unequal treatment of groups that pervades social customs and institutions. d. the most obvious forms of discrimination.

Sociology

Which research method would a functionalist most likely choose?

A. interview B. participant observation C. survey D. case study

Sociology

Which of the following was characteristic of the emergence of postmodern societies?

A. Individuals, villages, and regions began to exchange goods and services and become interdependent. B. Workplaces moved from the family cottage to centralized locations. C. Formal educational institutions developed. D. Mass consumption of consumer goods and media images.

Sociology