Disability is not just a master status but a master status with a(n) __________, which implies that the disabled have one or more characteristics that the majority defines as abnormal

A) stigma
B) sanction
C) recidivism
D) identity


Answer: A

Sociology

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A) Fossil fuel B) Electricity C) Groundwater D) Nuclear energy

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Differences in access to quality medical treatment partly fail to explain the existence of higher rates of death from nearly all diseases among blacks

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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At one time, many Puerto Ricans were effectively barred from serving in the Chicago Police Department because they failed to meet the height requirement.This was an example of

A. prejudice. B. scapegoating. C. a self-fulfilling prophecy. D. institutional discrimination.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Ethnomethodologists ignore how accounts are rejected by others. 2. Sociologists only analyze accounts, they do not offer them. 3. Ethnomethodologists can study the accounts offered by sociologists. 4. According to ethnomethodologists, sociologists change social life in the process of studying it. 5. According to ethnomethodologists, sociologists can remain unobtrusive or are able to study social life without influencing it.

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