In many cases, cochlear implants have not enabled deaf children to hear and understand, but have only confused them with new, unintelligible sounds. Given that implants are not very successful, deaf activists have criticized the medical practice of surgically inserting cochlear implants as:
a. a neutral medical technology.
b. multiculturalism on the part of the "hearing" culture.
c. ethnocentrism on the part of the "hearing" culture.
d. a form of cultural relativity.
c
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a. Thurstone scaling b. Likert scaling c. semantic differential d. Bogardus social distance scale e. Guttman scale
Some members of the working class may earn more income than some members of the middle class
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In the context of the transition to parenthood, LeMasters researched:
A. voluntary childlessness. B. parenting styles. C. parenthood as crisis. D. bidirectional effects.
Lower-income people are more likely to live in areas that have high levels of ______, which raises their risks of asthma, heart disease, and cancer.
A. unemployment B. lead paint C. violence D. air pollution