Theories which suggest that prejudice and discrimination arise from personality traits are criticized by sociologists because:
a. they do not take into account the social conditions that create the prejudice and discrimination.
b. they are not scientific.
c. they have not been rigorously tested.
d. they do not take into account genetic disparities between people.
a
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Which of the following is an example of the medicalization of deviance?
a. The change from the belief that criminals are victims of their environment to the belief that they are evil. b. The change of the view that alcoholics are simply people with problems to the belief that they are simply sinners. c. The change of the view that alcoholics are sinners to the belief that they have a disease. d. The change of the view that homosexuality is an alternate lifestyle to the belief that they are sinners.
Stepparents decide to take a more firm role in the family in the _____________stage of stepfamily formation, which can cause family conflict
A. immersion B. fantasy C. action D. mobilization
Just as police and judges can define certain people as criminal, so can health care professionals define who is "sick." This power is described by
A. the sick role. B. medicalization. C. labeling t.heory D. None of these answers is correct.
At this time there are multiple barriers that inhibit regular sport participation among people with a disability. Which of the following is not one of those barriers?
A. A scarcity of consistent resources needed to fund opportunities. B. Overprotective family members and a lack of family resources. C. Few sport facilities that are fully accessible. D. An unwillingness of people with a disability to compete against each other.