A process by which previously normal aspects of life are redefined as deviant and needing medical attention to remedy, such as menstruation and menopause, is called which of the following?
A. Alternative medicine
B. Medical deviance
C. Hospitalization
D. Medicalization
D. Medicalization
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Male Mexican Americans who completed four years of college made the same money as did white male college graduates
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Andre Gunder Frank argues that the development of one-crop economies in many parts of Central and Latin America:
a. accelerates the process of modernization b. is an inevitable result of modernization c. is the first stage of industrialization d. transforms the peasantry into a class of landless laborers
Sociologists distinguish between the nature of media coverage of a social problem and the way that a problem is perceived by the public and political leaders
They have also devoted considerable study to the question of how social problems develop from underlying conditions into publicly defined problems that engender social policies and sustained social movements. This subject is often referred to as the "__________" of social problems. a. natural history b. prime predictor c. essence d. prime mover