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25. What topics in this unit should have had more time devoted to it in class? 

An attempt to explain problems, actions, or behavior in a comprehensive manner is called a(n)________

After a dinner table debate with his grown children, a man changes his position on the issue of refugees being granted asylum in the United States. His children have exercised what kind of power?

Which term refers to the process by which physicians define new conditions, determine and control the course of treatment for those conditions, and even affect patients’ views of themselves?

Morbidity rates are the________

What term refers to the use of or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims?

Which of the following approaches suggests that if we treat people in particular ways, they may fulfill our expectations?

Monogamy refers to a form of marriage in which______

Talcott Parsons believed physicians function as________ for the sick role by verifying a patient’s condition as illness or designating the patient as recovered.

A married couple, their children, and other relatives—such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles—living together in the same household constitute a(n)______