What is the structural-functionalist explanation for the high incomes of physicians and surgeons in the U.S.?
What will be an ideal response?
Structural-functionalists would argue that there is a short supply of persons who have the talent and ability to become physicians and an even shorter supply of those with the ability to become surgeons. Being a physician involves a significant investment of time and money.
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Which term refers to a significant alteration in behavior patterns and culture over time?
A. social movement B. social system C. social status D. social change
In a particular school system, a teacher's aide must report to her teacher, and the teacher must report to his assistant principal, who then must report to her principal, who then must report to the superintendent, who ultimately is responsible to the board of education. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?
A. written rules and regulations B. impersonality C. division of labor D. hierarchy of authority
At the end of the Civil War, blacks were subjected to __________ and Jim Crow laws, which restricted their social, political, and economic freedoms
a. the 13th amendment b. stop and frisk c. the Black Codes d. color-blind racism
Decisions of employers and employees to offer and accept jobs at specified wages is the definition of
a. the capital market. b. the labor market. c. fiscal policy. d. monetary policy.