A student who admires her basketball coach and plans to become a coach herself is an example of ...

A student who admires her basketball coach and plans to become a coach herself is an example of _____.
 
  a. role reversal
 b. role modeling
 c. role imitation
 d. taking the role of the other

Question 2

Which perspective is most likely to believe that illness is partly socially constructed?
 
  a. Functionalism
 b. Conflict theory
 c. Symbolic interaction theory
 d. Social exchange theory

Question 3

When a person defines her identity as a mechanic, she is creating her _________.
 
  a. master or achieved status
 b. ascribed status
 c. role set
 d. none of the above

Question 4

The _____ perspective highlights a number of socially constructed problems in the health care system.
 
  a. functionalist
 b. conflict
 c. symbolic interactionist
 d. feminist

Question 5

Which of the following is likely not an example of one's master status?
 
  a. Age
 b. Race
 c. Gender
 d. Heterosexual

Question 6

According to the _____ perspective, structural inequality is a major source of problems within the health care system.
 
  a. functionalist
 b. conflict
 c. symbolic interactionist
 d. interpretivist

Question 7

An ascribed status is one that is _________.
 
  a. beyond the individuals control
 b. the responsibility of the individual
 c. an earned status
 d. a low rank