What are the types of illness humans suffer from

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1. Local school boards primarily consist of

a. White males

b. White male business people

c. White male professional people

d. All of the above

2 people in the United States have great faith that education will provide

a. An appreciation of art and culture

b. Reduced stress in coping with life

c. Upward mobility

d. Better marriages

3 "The intended function of education, according to structural functional theory, is to supplement the socialization of children that occurs in the family."

True
False

4 Political systems grow more powerful as societies become

a. Charismatic and more ideological

b. Civilized and more industrialized

c. Wealthier and more complex

d. Legalistic and more ethnically diverse

5 Groups of citizens formed with the express intent of gaining control of the political body of the state are known as

a. PACS

b. Lobbies

c. Political parties

d. Veto groups

6 Legitimate power is power that is accepted by the people in a society as being beneficial.

True or
False

7 Sociologists study the economic system in order to understand

a. Supply and demand

b. Rates of production

c. How the system interacts with other systems

d. All of the above

8 The American economic system is

a. Socialist

b. Capitalist

c. Communist

d. None of the above

9 "The three types of economic systems in the major countries of the world today are capitalism, socialism and communism."

True or
False

10 The types of illness humans suffer from

a. Have remained stable over time

b. Change from time to time from society to society

c. Change from time to time but do not vary from society to society

d. Depend on the current waves of epidemics

11 The profession of medicine developed high status because

a. It took care of sick people

b. It became an exclusive and elite profession

c. It developed life-saving techniques

d. Those who care for the ill have always had high status

12 The United States has high medical costs because

a. Physicians are so well paid

b. Hospitals are overcrowded and inefficient

c. Technology is used widely and inefficiently

c. Doctors are expensive

13 Modern medicine is credited with wiping out most infectious diseases.

True or
False

14 "High levels of anonymity, suggestibility, contagion and emotional arousal are characteristic of"

a. Groups

b. Crowds

c. Neurotics

d. Panic

15 Public opinion is influenced by

a. The mass media

b. Cultural values

c. Organizations

d. All of the above

16 "Three important preconditions that encourage collective behavior are social stability, equality and diversity."

True or
False

17 The world population explosion has occurred because

a. Births have increased

b. Births have decreased

c. Deaths have increased

d. Deaths have decreased

18 World conflict is related to population problems because there is contention over

a. Immigration and naturalization

b. Scarce natural resources for existing populations

c. Political power over potential armies of people

d. Political ideology between different populations

19 "Births, deaths and migration are the three ways population size can change."

True or
False

20 Communities originally developed where there was

a. A feeling of togetherness

b. A place to live

c. Food

d. All of the above

21 The development of transportation effectively spread cities out over large areas.

True or
False

22 "People, institutions and services are randomly distributed in modern cities."

True or
False

23 Social change refers primarily to

a. Electing a new President and congressional leaders

b. "Advances in the economy, such as a rise in stock market prices"

c. Changing social institutions and the structure of society

d. All of the above

24 All of the following directly causes social change except

a. Discoveries

b. History

c. Inventions

d. Diffusion

25 We should not assume that progress will inevitably happen.

True or
False

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