Partly to increase their incomes, physicians have tried to control the practice of medicine and to define social problems as medical problems. Which sociological perspective applies to this statement?

Which of the following is described as being a problem associated with work and the economy?

According to the functionalist perspective, the latent functions of education include childcare, the establishment of peer relationships, and social placement.

Why do African Americans and Latinos have lower educational attainment?

Coworkers discuss all kinds of topics with each other, including personal matters, sports, and political affairs, and they often will invite other coworkers over to their homes or go out with them to a movie or a restaurant. These friendships are yet another benefit that work often provides.  Which sociological perspective applies?

According to the textbook, in order to improve the U.S economy and create jobs, federal funding and/or budgetary policy reform are needed in the following areas: 

Why was compulsory education an important development in the U.S. in the 1800s?

The United States has many of the top colleges and universities and secondary schools in the world, and many of the top professors and teachers.  And, as a result, when we compare educational attainment in the United States to that in the world’s other democracies, the United States is way ahead of its international peers. 

The functionalist approach tends to argue that health and illness are social constructions.

Children usually go to schools near their homes and, if the neighborhoods they live in are all white or all African American, then the schools for these neighborhoods will also be all white or all African American, or mostly so. This type of segregation is called de jure segregation.