The worldwide shrinkage of economic distances between nations is known as:
a. mercantilism
b. laissez-faire capitalism
c. economic globalization
d. a market
Question 2A norm of the Catholic Church has long required that priests and nuns should not be distracted from their devotion to God by physical relationships and therefore should remain celibate. This is an example of what kind of function?
a. latent function
b. manifest function
c. unintended function
d. dysfunction
Question 3A study on resident surgeons in teaching hospitals found that mistakes tended to be overlooked by older surgeons if they:
a. could be linked to the activities of nurses
b. resembled mistakes they had made themselves
c. were believed to be normal aspects of the learning process
d. were due to carelessness
Question 4The movie Brokeback Mountain traces the romantic love between two cowboys who carry on their affair over two decades and yet, they keep their love for each other and their sexual orientation a secret. Eventually, the affair ends when Jake is beaten to death as are other gay men. The reason for these murders is based on
a. infidelity to their spouses
b. homophobia on the part of the murderers
c. queer fear
d. gay phobia
Question 5In a study of professional socialization in medical schools, Howard Becker found that in the later years of their training, medical students:
a. are taught the informal norms of the profession
b. experience a high dropout rate
c. first begin to think of themselves as professionals
d. tend to become cynical about the profession
Question 6A fear of homosexuals and same-sex attraction is known as:
a. heterophobia
b. gay phobia
c. homophobia
d. queer fear
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