Social Problems

A person born in the United States has a life expectancy of (?) while someone born in Nigeria has a life expectancy of (?):

During the 1950’s and into the 1960’s, the development of psychotropic drugs changed the way mental patients were treated. Shortly after, the United States began the process of deinstitutionalization. Data reveal this trend. For example, in 1955 there were about (?) people in hospitals for the mentally ill. Today, there are only about (?) residential patients

The classic Stanford Prison experiment seems to point to a darker side of human nature and to the tendency for those with authority to mistreat others who do not have such authority.

Cortisol is a stress hormone. Research from Whitehall to Midtown Manhattan reports that levels of cortisol are directly related to socioeconomic status (SES) and contributes to what is now commonly known as the wealth/health gradient

It is estimated that the United States spends about (?) annually to fight the war on drugs

Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics form 1930 to 1963, (?) led the movement to make marijuana and other drugs illegal and he set the tone for what would eventually culminate in the current war on drugs:

Data from the statistical abstract of 2010 indicate that about (?) percent of the GDP of the United States goes to health care

Medicare and Medicaid are the two largest health-care providers run by the U.S. government. (?) is aimed at the poor, while (?) is aimed at the elderly

The War on Drugs in the U.S. has continued for many decades. While the overall results of this war are questionable, one finding does suggest that it has been partially successful: the availability of drugs in America has declined significantly

The American Psychiatric Associations standard manual of mental disorders is entitled the (?)

While an (?) society is based on the principle of achieved status, a society remains structured around ascribed status in which there is very little social mobility

As noted in our text, per capita health care expenditures in the United States have remained steady since 1980

According to Karl Marx, the conflict in capitalist societies takes place between (?)

Over the past decades, an increasing proportion of Americans are receiving treatment for one or more mental disorders. Recent statistics show that in 1990s some (?) of all Americans received mental health treatment while today about (?) of all Americans are getting treatment for a mental disorder

Once called the “Noble Experiment” the ear of prohibition in the United States lasted form (?) until (?):

Incarceration rates have almost doubled in the US since 1980

As a sociological concept, the term institution refers to a social structure devoted to meeting the basic needs of people in a society

In 2006, the FBI reported that over 45% of all drug arrests were for marijuana use. This adds up to some (?) million arrests for marijuana that year

The United States makes up about (?) percent of the world population and consumes about (?) of the world drug supply

Otto von Bismarck developed and implemented a system of universal health care for everyone in Germany in 1946

While the concept of “control of destiny” is a good predictor of geological and physical conditions, it has no effect on either physical or mental health. In other words, this concept has nothing to do with health

In a sociological context, the term drug denotes

The best known research on drinking and binge drinking among high school and college students is the Harvard School of Public Health’s College Alcohol Surveys (CAS). These studies report that rates of binge drinking on college campuses have not decreased in recent years despite growing national concern

Which of the following statements are components of the definition of social problems provided by our text?

According to the functionalist perspective on social problems, the main reason for the existence of social problems is that (?)

According to the recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) the criteria for alcohol dependence focuses on craving, withdraw symptoms, and other behavioral measures, the criteria for alcohol abuse include drinking despite recurrent social, interpersonal, and legal problems resulting from alcohol use

Oklahoma continues to lead the nation in rates of incarceration for women:

While all societies have a social structure, the ways in which it is formed and the nature of the social structure itself is determined by (?)

The well-known White Hall Studies show a strong and significant relationship between class and health. One’s placement in the social structure is the best predictor of health and well bing

Approximately (?) percent of the worlds 444 million mentally disabled people live in developing and poor nations that spend almost nothing on health care for the mentally ill

At any given time a person has a number of social statuses. The most important however is the master status. In the United States, a person's master status is most often related to (?)

Which of the following social conditions are said to be manifestations of social disorganization

The Enlightenment thinkers believed that (?) was possible because human beings were (?) creatures capable of improving the world and its' social conditions by discovering and understanding the (?) that shape the universe

Once called shell shock or combat fatigue, (?) is now the leading mental disorder among soldiers returning from Afghanistan or Iraq

According to our text, the world (?) is used to describe physical dependence while (?) occurs when a user needs a drug for the feeling of well-being that it (the drug) produces

In 2009, the United States was the only rich, industrial nation that did not have a universal health care system (that is a health care system in which everyone had medical insurance

Most judicial determinations of guilt are achieved by agreement that produces a guilty plea in return for considerations such as a reduced sentence. This is known formally as a plea bargaining

From a functionalist approach, the term (?) is most closely related to social problems

If we look at a cultures system of calues and norms, we see that some are more important and serious than others. We call the least serious norms (?)

Suicide rates among young people have reached “epidemic” levels according to many social scientists. Among the disturbing data related to suicide is that young-adult suicide has increased by about 200 percent in the last three decades

The word (?) is sometimes used to mean psychological dependence on a drug

According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO) the number one killer of people worldwide is attributed to the lack of clean water and the subsequent waterborne illnesses. Each year about (?) people die from unsafe drinking water

The growing disparity between the fortunes of the "haves" and the "have-nots" is increasingly cited throughout the world as the outstanding problem, along with global warming, confronting human species.

Alcohol is a factor in about (?) percent of all traffic fatalities and those resulting in serous injuries

The number of people killed in alcohol-related traffic fatalities during the weekend has gone down dramatically in recent decades

Conflict theory is associated with Karl Marx who viewed society as being in constant tension between those who are well off, the "haves" and those who are not well off, the "have-nots."