There is a subjective component to how some conditions such as childhood obesity, drug addiction, and alcoholism have come to be considered as diseases. This subjective process is called __________
a. blaming the victim
b. social symbolism
c. medicalization
d. professionalization
c
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Inner-city students gain more advantages than suburban students when local property taxes are a source of funding public education
a. true b. false
Social gerontology is
(a) a hybrid research field of sociology. (b) the study of the impact of sociocultural conditions on the process and consequences of aging. (c) an examination of epidemiological impact upon the elderly. (d) the study of intergenerational communication.
Applied research differs from basic research in that it examines causes without intent to use the data somewhere specific whereas applied research has a specific intent to apply findings for policy implementation.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Annette Lareau found that children of middle-class parents tended to have a sense of entitlement while those of lower-class families tended to have a sense of constraint. Her work attributes different child-rearing practices to differences in:
a. race b. ethnicity c. social class d. marital status