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Which sociologist originally articulated the concept of the power elite?

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C. Wright Mills

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The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group is called a (an)?

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Political System

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Type of society relies chiefly on mechanization for the production of its economic goods and services?

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Industrial Society

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Two basic types of economic systems that distinguish contemporary societies?

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Capitalism and Communism

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Capitalism is an economic system in which..

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Means of production are held privately and economic activity is accumulation of profits

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Laissez-faire is a form of?

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Capitalism in which people compete freely with little government intervention in economy

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A monopoly is?

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Control of market by a single business firm

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Socialism is defined as?

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Means of production and distribution are collectively owned

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An economic system under which all property is communally owned and no social distinctions are made on the basis of people's ability to produce

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Communism

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Transfers of money, goods, or services that take place but are not reported to the government

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Informal Economy

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Which country will be the world's largest economy in the year 2020?

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China

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Which of the following statements is correct regarding Chinas economy today?

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Hands over state to private enterprises, wealthy, dominated by state enterprises

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Which term was used by Max Weber to refer to the ability to exercise one's will over other?

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Power

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Max Weber defined force as..

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Actual use of coercion to impose one's will on others

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The exercise of power through a process of persuasion is known as

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Influence

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Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised?

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Authority

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Who created a classification system of authority that distinguishes between traditional, rational-legal, and charismatic authority?

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Max Weber

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In a society based on charismatic authority leaders derive their authority from..

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Custom and accepted practice

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Your textbook lists which of the following countries in which the monarch still holds genuine governmental power?

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Monaco

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A small group of individuals who rule

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Oligarchy

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Type of government does a single person hold all power?

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Dictatorship

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Totalitarianism is a form of

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Dictatorship

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The United States utilizes which type of government?

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Representative Democracy

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What percentage of eligible voters in the U.S. voted in the 2008 presidential election?

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62 percent

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Which group has a particularly low voter turnout?

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Members of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

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As described by C. Wright Mills, the "power elite" is

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Small group of military, industrial and government leaders who control U.S.

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G. William Domhoff's view of the power of structure of U.S. most closely resembles the analysis of which sociological perspective?

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Conflict Perspective

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The pluralist model of power relations in the U.S. suggests that

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Power is held by competing groups which have access to government so no single group is dominant

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A disease of illness that cannot be understood apart from its specific social content

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Culture Bound Syndrome

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Your textbook refers to "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity" as

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Health

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The concept of the sick role is associated with which perspective?

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Functionalist Perspective

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Which sociologist developed the concept of the sick role?

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Talcott Parsons

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Talcott Parsons believed physicians function as ____________ for the sick role by verifying a patient's condition as illness or designating the patient as recovered.

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Gatekeepers

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Critics of the functionalist view of the sick role suggest..

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health is related to age, class, gender ethnic, employment and short-term illnesses

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Which sociological perspective suggests that the term "medicalization of society" refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?

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Conflict Perspective

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Process of medical experts becoming influential in proposing and assessing relevant public policies?

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Medical Model

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The immigration of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians to the U.S. who are desperately needed in their home countries

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Brain Drain

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Just as police and judges can define certain people as criminal, so can health care professionals define who is "sick." This power is described by

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Label theory

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Which sociological perspective would emphasize that inequalities in healthcare have clear life-and-death consequences for some due to the unequal distribution of resources?

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Conflict Perspective

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In examining health, illness, and medicine as a social institution, which sociological perspective generally focuses on microlevel study of the roles played by healthcare professionals and patients?

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Interactionalist Perspective

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Social epidemiology is defined as the

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Study of distribution of disease, impairment and health status across a population

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Prevalence refers to the

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Total number of cases of disorders that exist at a given time

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Morbidity rates are the

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Incidence of diseases in a given population

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Mortality rates are the

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Incidence of death in a given population

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Research in the U.S. and other countries has consistently shown that people in the lower classes have

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Higher Rates of Mortality and Disability

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Which area of study is concerned with the interrelationships among people in their spatial setting and physical environment?

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Human Ecology

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What percentage of the U.S. thought the seriousness of global warming was exaggerated?

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43%

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Which perspective would place a priority on the fact that many major environmental organizations accept funding from oil companies and chemical giants and as a result emphasize limited reform rather than profound structural change?

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Conflict Perspective

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Extreme inequality of resources in the world was initiated by

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Industrial Revolution

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Which of the following is more prevalent in developing nations than in industrialized nations?

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Rural Population, Death of children and Toal Population

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According to the text, which of the following forces is in part responsible for the domination of the world marketplace by a few nations?

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Legacy of Colonialism, Multinational Corporations and modernization

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According to world systems analysis, the U.S., Japan, and Germany are all core nations. T/F

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True

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Conflict theorists conclude that, on the whole, multinational corporations have a positive social impact on workers in both industrialized and developing nations. T/ F

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False

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What is more prevalent in developing nation than in industrialized nations?

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Population

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