The __________ perspective focuses on the "social construction" of mental illness; i.e., how interactions producing the label, mentally ill, may cause the labeled person to accept the definition and behave accordingly

a. interactionist
b. conflict
c. functionalist
d. social disorganization
e. social pathology


c

Sociology

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The M–F Test, developed in 1936 and used till the 1960s,

A) Allowed high school students and young adults to find occupations appropriate to their sex and abilities. B) Placed children along a continuum from Male to Female to determine if they had "successfully" acquired their gender identity. C) Was used to determine traits and abilities on which males and females differed D) Was used by pediatricians to examine and chart physical growth of infants and young children according to their sex.

Sociology

The movie ___________________ was about a man giving birth to a baby

Fill in the blanks with correct word

Sociology

The arrest and prosecution for the commission of a new crime is called ________.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Which theory was used by Edwin Sutherland to emphasize that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions with others?

A. cultural transmission B. techniques of neutralization C. labeling D. the societal-reaction approach

Sociology