Category: Role & Status

Margaret Mead suggested that______________?

Role & Status 05/11/2021
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A. adolescence and gender roles varied between societies and so were culturally determined
B. gender roles in three New Guinea societies were identical and so must be biologically determined
C. adolescence in the USA is a time of relative calm compared to the experience in Japan and Europe
D. anthropological fieldwork can be problematic because the researcher’s values affect the way they interpret their observations

Which of the following is a criticism of the sick role ?

Role & Status 21/10/2021
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A. Patients judgments regarding their own state of health may be related to their gender age social class and ethnic group
B. The sick role may be more applicable to people experiencing short-term illnesses than those with recurring long -term illnesses
C. Even simple factors such as whether a person is employed or not seem to affect willingness to assume the sick role
D. all of the above

Role-learning theory suggests that______________?

Role & Status 26/07/2021
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A. we internalize and take on social roles from a pre-existing framework
B. we create and negotiate our roles through interaction with others
C. social roles are not fixed or stable but fluid and pluralistic
D. roles have to be learned to suppress unconscious motivations

Bowlby’s maternal deprivation thesis claimed that_______________?

Role & Status 06/06/2021
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A. mothers who are living in poverty cannot afford to give their children the resources that other children enjoy
B. children deprived of an early secure attachment to their mother are prone to suffer physically intellectually and socially in later life
C. mothering is a socially constructed activity identified in the narratives of new mothers
D. deprivation is something children inherit usually through their mothers’ side