SCC Social Institutions 3

Question 1

The term 'medicalization' in sociology refers to:

Accepted Answer

The process by which non-medical conditions come to be defined and treated as medical problems

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The expansion of hospital systems

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Advances in pharmaceutical research

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Universal healthcare policy

Question 2

Which concept describes the tendency for governments to expand their power and control over more areas of social life?

Accepted Answer

State expansion

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Decentralization

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Bureaucratization

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Privatization

Question 3

Which sociological concept describes the norms that specify who is an appropriate marriage partner based on group membership?

Accepted Answer

Endogamy

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Exogamy

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Monogamy

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Hypergamy

Question 4

Which theorist is most associated with the conflict perspective on education, arguing schools reproduce class inequality?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

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Talcott Parsons

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Émile Durkheim

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Robert Merton

Question 5

A theocracy is a political system in which:

Accepted Answer

Religious leaders govern according to divine law

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Power is distributed equally among citizens

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Military leaders hold political authority

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Economic elites control the government

Question 6

Which term describes the transfer of authority and power from parents to children within family systems?

Accepted Answer

Descent rules

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Primogeniture

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Socialization

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Inheritance norms

Question 7

The concept of 'institutional racism' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Policies and practices embedded in institutions that systematically disadvantage racial minorities

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Individual prejudice held by racists within organizations

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Segregation laws explicitly targeting racial groups

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Unconscious bias in personal interactions