Dr. Keen is a sociologist who focuses on how social inequality and deprivation may be associated with mental illness. What perspective is he most likely using?
A. conflict theorist
B. interactionist
C. functionalist
D. social disorganization
Answer: A
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a) was created in the 1990s to insure children in working families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, but too low to afford private family coverage. b) provides dental care for children through young adults up to age 29. c) has ensured that virtually all needy children receive basic medical care. d) was developed alongside Medicare in the 1960s. e) covers children who live in households with incomes up to $20,000 a year.
The text points out that something must happen to cause family stress or to precipitate a family crisis. That something is what social scientists call a
a. precondition. b. dysfunction. c. structural threat. d. stressor.
When examining gender and sex, gender is the ____________ while sex is the _____________
a. social construct, biological designation. b. biological designation, social construct. c. attribute, variable. d. variable, attribute. e. none of these choices are correct.
The specialty of the physician who performs an autopsy is
a. oncologist. b. radiologist. c. pathologist. d. psychiatrist. e. none of the above.