The belief that the health-care industry has four interrelated economic functions in capitalist society (accumulation of capital, provision of investment opportunities, absorption of surplus labor, and maintenance of the labor force) is most closely associated with the ______ perspective.

A. functionalist
B. conflict
C. interactionist
D. integrative


Answer: B

Sociology

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Ethnogenesis is argued to involve ________ negotiation among various racial and ethnic groups and the dominant group

A) segmented B) continual C) exclusively formal D) exclusively informal

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A White male lawyer mentors a young female Latina lawyer. According to the contact hypothesis, this situation would

A. be likely to increase stereotypes rather than reduce them. B. be likely to cause them to become less prejudiced. C. encourage the White lawyer to engage in color-blind racism. D. involve the operation of sexism as well as racism.

Sociology

It is estimated that __________ children under age 18 are living in a grandparent's household

a. 600,000 b. 1.6 million c. 2.6 million d. more than 3.6 million

Sociology

For a person who strongly believes in the value of human rights and equal opportunity, which of the following would NOT constitute a reference group?

a. Ku Klux Klan b. American Civil Liberties Union c. National Organization for Women d. Council on Racial Equality

Sociology