Which of the following is an example of the medicalization of deviance?
a. The change from the belief that criminals are victims of their environment to the belief that they are evil.
b. The change of the view that alcoholics are simply people with problems to the belief that they are simply sinners.
c. The change of the view that alcoholics are sinners to the belief that they have a disease.
d. The change of the view that homosexuality is an alternate lifestyle to the belief that they are sinners.
C
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In the past 20 years the proportion of private wealth owned by the wealthiest 1% of the population has _______ and the proportion of private wealth owned by the poorest 90% has _______
a. stayed the same ... stayed the same b. increased … decreased c. decreased … increased d. varied with both increases and decreases depending on the ups and downs of the stock market ... varied with both increases and decreases depending on the rates of unemployment
According to the definition in the text, which of these would be an example of stratification?
a. A curriculum with more physical education courses for boys than for girls b. A plan that raises the minimum wage c. Promotion based on more experience and more successful sales d. The fact that girls generally score better than boys on tests of verbal ability
Arturo Gomez always wanted to become an attorney. As a child, he watched all the lawyer programs on television, and throughout his school years he participated actively in student government. We can conclude that lawyers served which of the following functions for Gomez?
a. out-group b. primary group c. reference group d. secondary group