Perceiving the orders of one’s superiors to be legitimate because “this is how things have always been done” would be an example of a political system based on
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Mary opens up a small printing business in her town. Although she enjoys the work, her primary motive for opening this business is to earn more money to help support her family. This would be characteristic of which type of economic system?
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A sociology instructor decides what subject matter will be covered each time the class meets. The fact that the instructor can make these decisions and that the students must follow her lead is an example of
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The social institution dedicated to the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services is the
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The systematic, widespread reduction of investment in domestic manufacturing and material production is known as
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The pluralist model of power relations is a view of society in which
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Which of the following terms refers to power that is recognized as legitimate by the people over whom it is exercised?
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Offshoring is a type of
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Which of the following countries has seen the highest percentage of GDP growth since 1980?
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Under rational-legal authority, rules and regulations tend to expand, leading to concerns about
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A decline in political participation allows governments to
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Which of the following defines Medicare?
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Under the leadership of the American Medical Association in the mid-1800s, “regular” doctors marginalized which groups?
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Poor areas around the world tend to be underserved in terms of health care in part because
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Practitioners of holistic medicine in the United States
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Polio is a disease that was almost eradicated, but there are still new cases that appear due to the failure to immunize all children. Researchers keep close tabs on how many new cases of this disease occur each year in the hope that it will soon cease to exist. This enumeration is an example of
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Physicians have enhanced their power and prestige by
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Which of the following BEST defines morbidity rates?
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Which of the following was formerly classified as a mental illness by the medical community?
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Which of the following is TRUE concerning labeling?
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The legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards is referred to as
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The people of which nation are least convinced that climate change represents a “major threat” to their country?
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Scientific evidence for global climate change is
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What was the Kyoto Protocol intended to do?
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In applying the human ecological perspective, sociologists and environmentalists have identified which of the following relationships between the environment and people?
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People in industrialized nations have insisted that developing nations change their practices to save the planet. This is an example of
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Which of the following are possible explanations for the finding that racial and ethnic minorities make up a large percentage of the people living near dangerous sites?
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Which of the following threatens the quality of water supplies on a daily basis for more than 2 billion people?
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Sociology can help improve society by
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The writing of Auguste Comte is an example of
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The writing of Auguste Comte is an example of
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The ways we establish, abide by, and enforce principles of conduct comprise
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Neil Postman argues that we should
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Which of the following is TRUE about groups such as the Luddites?
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Shifts in the way humans think and act within society that alter material, cognitive, and normative culture is called
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Talcott Parsons contends that societies experience value _____, the development of new values that legitimate a broader range of activities.
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Which term refers to the conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities?
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The vast majority of Americans feel that cloning a human
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Recognizing the impact our individual position has on who we are and how we think and act, and taking responsibility for the impacts our actions have on others is known as
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If we only expose ourselves, through social media or other interaction, to like-minded people, what may happen?
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Which of the following is NOT an example of dramatic recent social change?
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The expectation that African and Latin American countries will become more complex, as Western societies have, is consistent with
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The role of women in the family has changed dramatically in the United States during the last 50 years. Women have furthered their education and developed careers. This change in the family has necessitated adaptive changes in school systems, corporations, churches, and other facets of society to provide child care services. This situation reflects which view of social change?
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After the 1999 Columbine school shootings, the community used the slogan “We are Columbine” in an era before hashtags. That slogan is illustrative of which of James Jasper’s three categories of moral emotions?
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People needing to have their cars repaired can go to a muffler store, a transmission shop, a tire retailer, or a gas station for a tune-up. Talcott Parsons refers to this type of specialization as
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Recently, medical schools have practiced ______ by admitting increasing numbers of women and African Americans.
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