A conflict theorist reading the news headline "Future Surgeons May Use Robotic Nurse" is most likely to ask:

a. What are the intended and unintended consequences of using robotic nurses?
b. What meanings do surgeons assign to robotic nurses?
c. Who benefits from the use of robotic nurses and at whose expense?
d. How will a robot and patient interact?


c

Sociology

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A) class differences based on relationship to the means of production B) prestige based on male labor C) social class based on accumulated property D) social stratification based on race

Sociology

African American segregation in cities is lessening due to ________

A) new immigrants moving into African American areas of cities B) desegregation policies created in the 1960s C) an upwardly mobile large middle class within African American communities D) all of the above

Sociology

Bill lives in a(n) __________ where over four out of every ten of his neighbors is in poverty

A) project B) extreme-poverty neighborhood C) inner-city D) suburb

Sociology

In the context of the types of lovers, the ________ lover is a combination to some extent of ludus and storge and tries to find a partner who has a particular set of characteristics that he or she desires in another.

A. manic B. erotic C. pragmatic D. agapic

Sociology