Holistic medicine seeks to change the focus of medical practice

from treating symptoms of disease to preventing disease and

promoting health.

True

Sociological research shows that all categories of people have had

the same opportunities to participate in sports.

False

Parsons claimed that to qualify for the sick role, a person must want
to become healthy and act in ways to restore health.

True

Social inequality affects a society’s patterns of health.

True

In the United States, schooling is an important path to upward social mobility.

True

Social definitions have little to do with the reality of health and

illness; these are simply medical conditions involving human
biology.

False

From a sociological point of view, “health” is sometimes a matter of

having the same diseases as one’s neighbors.

True

*Social-conflict analysis claims the profit motive enhances the

quality of medical care in the United States.

False

 Providing schooling is one way our society increases equality of opportunity.

True

Keeping young people out of the labor market is one latent function
of higher education.

True

From a social-conflict perspective, schooling in the United States transforms social

privilege into personal merit.
True
To say that a social pattern is “dysfunctional” means that it has
more than one function for the operation of society.

False

*In the United States, secondary schools place students in college

preparatory tracks that partially reflect the social background of
their families.

True

 Dropping out of school greatly reduces a person's chance to earn a good income.
True

The extent of schooling in a society is closely tied to its level of economic development.
True