Social theorist Talcott Parsons argued in support of the medical practice that placed physicians ...

Social theorist Talcott Parsons argued in support of the medical practice that placed physicians __________.
 
  a. in a position of authority over the patient
  b. as subordinates to the patient to allow more control over treatment
  c. as lab technicians running tests to treat patients
  d. in a position of authority over nurses who then tended to all patient needs

Question 2

After World War II the United States differed from many similar wealthy democracies in that __________.
 
  a. the government did not take responsibility for making sure all citizens had health insurance
  b. the government did not regulate physicians and their work, allowing fees to rise rapidly
  c. physicians increased the use of expensive technologies for diagnosing illness
  d. nursing became a subordinate profession to physicians instead of becoming an equal one

Question 3

Which of the following features of the capitalist system distinguishes it from other systems?
 
  a. rising prices
  b. market independence
  c. market dependence
  d. expanding transportation infrastructure

Question 4

Lacey is a part-time college student and a part-time pharmacy technician. She is not in any hurry to graduate from college because she thinks it will be difficult to find full-time employment. She wants to travel and enjoy being young.
 
  Sociologists would likely refer to Lacey's stage of development as __________.
  a. an age of anxiety
  b. delayed adulthood
  c. adult adolescence
  d. preadulthood

Question 5

The transition from a(n) __________ to a(n) __________ mode of production was realized through social revolutions that reorganized society around commodity production.
 
  a. anthropocentric; capitalistic
  b. agricultural; anthropocentric
  c. capitalistic; agricultural
  d. agricultural; capitalistic

Question 6

Dana was a stay-at-home mother until her recent divorce. She went back into the paid workforce to provide for her child. She loves her job but is concerned that she is not at home to spend more time with her child.
 
  Should Dana be worried about this?
  a. Yes, because children fare better emotionally with a stay-at-home mother.
  b. Yes, because children fare better academically with a stay-at-home mother.
  c. No, because if a mother is happy with her job, she will provide better care for her children.
  d. No, because parents are increasingly relying on schools to care for the emotional and academic needs of their children.

Question 7

Prior to the rise of capitalism, what was the traditional means of survival among peasants?
 
  a. selling produced goods at local markets
  b. working for wages in rural communities
  c. working their own land with their own labor
  d. leasing their own land for agricultural production