According to the text, what is the reason Nevada residents have a 50 percent higher overall death rate than Utah residents?
A) the effects of values and lifestyles of the people in each state
B) the lack of qualified doctors in Nevada
C) the differences in climate and environmental conditions in each state
D) Low standards established by Nevada attract fewer health care professionals.
Question 2What is the major difference between distance learning in the past where a lesson was broadcast to thousands of students simultaneously and distance learning today?
A) Teachers today are more qualified to do distance learning than in the past.
B) Television sets are larger which makes watching the lesson more interesting.
C) Students enjoyed distance learning more in the past.
D) Technology has made distance learning interactive and more stimulating today.
Question 3________ are the criteria used in evaluating objects, acts, feelings, or events as to their relative desirability, merit, or correctness.
a. Values
b. Norms
c. Roles
d. Symbols
Question 4____ are highly salient norms whose violation is considered important enough by society to merit severe punishment.
a. Folkways
b. Values
c. Mores
d. Taboos
Question 5The criteria used to delineate types of norms, their degree of importance, and the severity of punishment are determined by ________.
a. consensus
b. values
c. the people in power
d. social construction
Question 6________ are the bases for norms.
a. Moral imperatives
b. Values
c. Roles
d. Symbols
Question 7In 1918, 500,000 Americans and 20 to 40 million people worldwide died in an epidemic caused by which of the following diseases?
A) the flu
B) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
C) Ebola
D) tuberculosis
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