Conflict theorists believe that physicians are highly rewarded because
a. high rewards are necessary to encourage talented people to enter a demanding profession requiring extensive training.
b. medical school enrollments are artificially low, thereby limiting price competition among physicians.
c. health care systems are reducing specialization, thus increasing their benefits.
d. the stress of modern living is causing many illnesses.
e. medicine is a universal need that permeates all modern societies.
B
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Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low-income, African American neighborhood called the Flats to further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report
Her research found that all of the following are characteristics of the neighborhood's families EXCEPT: a. kin and nonkin membership in families. b. hiding resources and possessions to prevent having to share. c. shared child raising. d. domestic authority of women.
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A) using military occupation as a form of coercion B) bribing the country's government officials C) creating debt along with ever-mounting interest D) controlling the country's mass media
Jewish Americans have traditionally exhibited ___________ in the realm of primary relations
a. strong in-group cohesion b. strong out-group integration c. weak in-group cohesion d. weak out-group integration