To Parsons, the sick role requires the patient to be passively cooperative with health
care professionals.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Progressive taxation is a way of
a. diminishing income inequality. b. increasing income inequality. c. penalizing lower-paid workers. d. rewarding those who are more economically successful.
Maria just entered high school. She hopes one day to join the volleyball team and looks to the young women on the team as role models. She dresses like them, follows the same fitness routines, and reads the same volleyball magazines. To Maria, the volleyball team is a
A. reference group. B. master status. C. secondary group. D. out-group.
Some Japanese people practice Shinto, which follows ___________, a religion that believes in the divinity of nonhuman beings, such as animals, plants, and objects of the natural world.
a. polytheism b. monotheism c. animism d. totemism
The Rwandan genocide illustrates the crucial role of __________ in kindling ethnic conflict
a. social isolation b. racial ideology c. religious pluralism d. biological traits