The term "medicalization of society" is used to describe the extent to which certain behavior patterns once considered normal are now conceptualized as illnesses worthy of medical treatment.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Why do sociologists consider the "scientific" racial types of Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?
a. Every society's population contains a lot of genetic mixture. b. Various racial categories are genetically very much alike. c. The skin color of Caucasian people ranges from very light to very dark. d. All of these are correct.
In societies where social mobility is possible,
A) Social mobility is determined by people's drive to succeed. B) Mobility is fairly common at all levels of society. C) Most people remain at the same social location throughout their lives. D) Mobility is most common for those in the lowest classes.
Between 1995 and 2006, federal prosecutions for pornography:
a. more than doubled b. remained about the same c. decreased d. were cut in half
According to conflict theory, four important sources of power in relationships are: a. love, money, education, and age
b. legitimacy, money, physical coercion, and love. c. physical strength, money, beauty, and gender. d. physical coercion, education, age, and status.