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Pregunta 1
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Sociologically what is a family?
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A man and a woman and their children engaged in supportive relationship
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A household composed of people of different sexes
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Any couple who have been legally married
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two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption
Pregunta 2
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Frank, Jim, Martha and Louise occupy the same apartment, sharing routine chores such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry. Each contributes a share of their earning s to pay utilities and food costs. Sociologist would describe this group as a
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Family
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Household
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Patriarchy
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Clan
Pregunta 3
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John was adopted as an infant by the Smiths, and has always considered them his real family. What do sociologists classify the Smith family as it is regarded by John?
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It is his family of procreation
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it is his family of orientation
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it is his family of marriage
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it is his family of obligation
Pregunta 4
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In the United States and many other parts of the world, the common practice is for whites to marry whites, African Americans to marry African Americans, and members of specific social classes to marry within their class. This marital practice is called
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Exogamy
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Endogamy
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Polygyny
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Polygamy
Pregunta 5
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It is still customary in the U.S. society for a bride to accept her husband's last name and for the bride's family to pay for the wedding. What is the line of authority this represents?
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Patriarchy
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Matriarchy
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A bilineal society
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An egalitarian society
Pregunta 6
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Why do functionalists argue that the incest taboo is nearly universal norm?
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it reinforces patriarchal authority
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Incest is universally regarded as a deviant act
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The incest taboo facilitates the socialization of children and avoids role confusion
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It prevents the transference of genetic defects
Pregunta 7
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Which of the following family situations is most likely to result in emotional overload?
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Patrick and Terri live in the rural U.S. with their five children and many relatives
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Jacob and Rebecca reside in an Amish community with their eight children
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John and Diane live in the suburbs with their only child, John Jr.
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Bob and Stephanie live in the city with their three children and close to their parents
Pregunta 8
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Husbands remain primarily responsible for earning the income and wives are primarily responsible for the house and the children. This is an arrangement sociologists call ___.
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Sexism in U.S. society
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the gendered division of labor
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Techniques of resistance
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the hidden curriculum
Pregunta 9
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In the United States, what is the choice of marriage partner most dependent upon?
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It is totally unpredictable because love is blind
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it is based on individuals engaging in a rational cost/benefit analysis
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it is highly influenced by pheromones
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it is influenced by age, education, class, race and religion
Pregunta 10
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Maria and Brian recently gave birth to their first child. Based on sociological findings, what is the likely change in marital satisfaction that Maria and Brian feel towards one another?
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it will increase
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it will decrease
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it will probably remain the same
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it is totally unpredictable
Pregunta 11
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Among married couples, who is the most likely to care for preschoolers when both parents work outside the home?
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Organized child care facilities
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Nannies
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Grandparents
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Other relatives
Pregunta 12
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Another name for boomerang children is _____.
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Adolescents
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Younger adults
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emancipated minors
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Adultolescents
Pregunta 13
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Of the following, in which group is a woman more likely to marry a man with less education than she has?
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Asian Americans
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Latino
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African Americans
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Native Americans
Pregunta 14
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Mark and Sally are married, both are working, and they chose not to have children. What classification best fits them?
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They are DINKS
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They are YUPPIES
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They are members of the sandwich generation
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They are neo-traditionalists
Pregunta 15
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Sociologically, what is blended family?
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A husband and wife have their own children and also have adopted children
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Only adopted children are present in the family
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A lesbian couple has children through artificial insemination
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A husband or wife brings a child into the new family from a prior relationship
Pregunta 16
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How has the age of the average first-time bride and groom in the United States changed since 1890
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Both the bride and groom are older than at any other time
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Both the bride and groom are younger than at any other time
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The bride is older but the groom is younger than at any other time
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The groom is older but the bride is younger than at any other time
Pregunta 17
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Shacking up or living in sin are old-fashioned ways to describe _____.
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Communal living
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Temporary Marriage
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Cohabitation
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Roommates
Pregunta 18
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Edgar and Jayne are in their 40s. They are busy raising a family of three children. They also spend considerable time each week at their parents' homes doing yard maintenance and running errands for their parents. Edgar and Jayne are members of the ________ generation.
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Yuppie
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Baby Boom
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Umbrella
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Sandwich
Pregunta 19
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Which of the following couples is least likely to divorce within the first ten years of their marriage?
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Alice and Gregory who were teenage sweethearts and married when they were 22
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Becky and Frank who work at the shoe factory together on the assembly line
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Ruth and Chuck who, after a whirlwind romance, got married adn had their first child six months later
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Cathy and Tony who attend the same fundamentalist church and were married in their late 20s
Pregunta 20
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Johnnie's parents were divorced three years ago. During the first year after the divorce, Johnnie's father visited him every week. Then Johnnie's father remarried and fathered another child. Now he rarely visits Johnnie. This situation is an example of _______.
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Child neglect
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Child abuse
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Serial fatherhood
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Middle-aged fatherhood
Pregunta 21
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According to the findings of Diana Russell, who are the most common incest offenders?
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Uncles
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Fathers
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Brothers
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first cousins
Pregunta 22
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The term family is difficult to define because of the many varieties of family displayed in the world's cultures.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 23
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The chances of divorce increase as the level of one's education and income increases.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 24
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Research shows divorced fathers often eventually stop seeing their children altogether
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- True
- False
Pregunta 25
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perception of health varies considerably among societies of the world. The definition of that constitutes health and illness is most defined by which of the following variables?
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The culture of society
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The life expectancy of members of the society
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The life span of members of the society
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The extent of medical services within a society
Pregunta 26
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Because the sociology of medicine focuses on how cultural beliefs, lifestyle and social class influence health and illness, the sociology of medicine is a(n) ______ field of sociology.
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Applied
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Biological
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clinical
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theoretical
Pregunta 27
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The definition of health and illness varies from culture to culture and group to group. The variance definition is most aligned with which sociological perspective?
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Functionalism
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The conflict perspective
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Symbolic interactionism
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the feminist perspective
Pregunta 28
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Which component of the health continuum did the author add to the tree components defined by the World Health Organization?
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Physical
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Spiritual
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Mental
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Social
Pregunta 29
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What was the contribution Talcott Parsons made as a sociologist to the understanding of health and medicine?
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He explained the influence of religion on health
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He introduced the concept of the sick role
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He showed how physical and mental illness are interrelated
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He addressed the effects of living in the inner city on health
Pregunta 30
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There is a major exam scheduled in today's class, but Donald has a serious case of the flu. Donald's professor excused him from the exam. Donald then made an appointment with the health center, and spent the next three days in bed. This is an example of _____ in practice.
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The medicalization of deviance
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Socialized Medicine
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The conflict perspective
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The sick role
Pregunta 31
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Who are the primary gatekeepers of the sick role?
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Parents and physicians
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Teachers and work supervisors
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Social constructionists and moral entrepreneurs
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Nutritionists and dieticians
Pregunta 32
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Of the following nations, which one has the highest infant mortality rate?
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South Korea
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Canada
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The United States
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France
Pregunta 33
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The _______ controls the educations and licensing of physicians in the United States
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The U.S. government
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American Medical Association
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Center for Disease Control
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American Physician Coalition
Pregunta 34
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According to symbolic internationalists, how did physicians in the U.S. work to eliminate midwives from assisting in childbirth?
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Physicians became more politically powerful than midwives
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Physicians learned more about childbirth than the midwives
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Physicians did not allow midwives to buy medicine
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Physicians redefined pregnancy and childbirth as a medical condition
Pregunta 35
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What is epidemiology?
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The practice of medicine by indigenous tribes
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How nations are stratified on the basis of the health care they receive
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the training and preparation of physicians in a given society
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the study of disease and disability patterns in a population
Pregunta 36
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Which of the following descriptions best summarizes medical care in the United States?
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Health care is a right, granting equal access to care for everyone
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Health care is a commodity to be sold at the highest price
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Health care is neither a right or a privilege for all citizens
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Health care is both a right and a privilege for all citizens
Pregunta 37
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In the 1800s, what was the popular medical explanation for the cause of sickness?
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Bacterial infection
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Bad fluids
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Demonology
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Environmental toxins
Pregunta 38
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According to your text, how have physicians responded to malpractice suits to protect themselves from patients?
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They have depersonalized medicine
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They have added non-Western alternative methods to treatment
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They have engaged in ordering additional tests only as defensive strategy
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they have become more patient-based
Pregunta 39
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When Anthony visited a specialist, the doctor briefly listened to Anthony's symptoms, then spoke to the physician assistant in the room as though Anthony wasn't even there. The specialist then exited the room, leaving a prescription for Anthony at the receptionist's desk along with a bill for $135. Such an occurrence illustrates the ____ of medicine.
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depersonalization
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modernization
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bureaucratization
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personification
Pregunta 40
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The U.S. doctors often convince women to have unnecessary hysterectomies because the uterus and ovaries are potentially disease producing organs. What does this practice of convincing women to have unnecessary surgery suggest?
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Women are more likely to be psychosomatic
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Women are more likely to have more serious medical conditions
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Women need to be aware of gender bias in medicine
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Women have little understanding of medicine and operations
Pregunta 41
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Many of the physical signs of aging such as balding, wrinkles, and sagging chin or buttocks are now treated by physicians. This process of turning a normal characteristic into a medical matter is termed _____.
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Medicalization
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Professionalism of medicine
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mediphobia
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monopolization of medicine
Pregunta 42
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Mercy killing for terminally ill people is defined as ______.
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Hospice
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the departmentalization of medicine
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the medicalization of death
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euthanasia
Pregunta 43
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In an effort to reduce the rising costs of medical care, what has the federal government established that specifies the amount it will pay for the treatment of specific illnesses or injuries?
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It has introduced a bill advocating socialized medicine
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It created committees to judge the necessity of treatment
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it introduced a sliding scale payment schedule
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It classified all illnesses into diagnosis-related groups
Pregunta 44
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Sabrina went to the emergency room of the Angels of mercy Hospital complaining severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, and a high fever. While waiting to see a doctor, she collapsed. Because a check of Sabrina's health insurance by the hospital showed her coverage had expired, Sabrina was sent to a public hospital in a comatose state and died along the way. Such a practice is called ______.
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Death by incompetence
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Dumping
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an adverse event
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malpractice
Pregunta 45
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Some doctors have cut medical cost by meeting several patients who share the same condition, such as pregnancy, at the same time. This method of treatment is called ______.
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Pay as you go medicine
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fee for service plan
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health maintenance
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group care
Pregunta 46
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The area of the world most devastated by the AIDS virus is ______.
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Southwest Asia
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sub-Saharan Africa
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Amazon Basin
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Pacific Rim
Pregunta 47
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Matt is a weekend marijuana user. Susie smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, Jackie uses heroin a couple times a week, while Ryan is drunk a few nights a week. Research shows which one of these young people is using the most lethal recreational drug?
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Susie
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Matt
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Ryan
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Jackie
Pregunta 48
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In the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, what did the medical staff at Tuskegee University do?
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They provided low-cost care for men infected with venereal disease during World War ii
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They discovered a new strain of syphilis, but did not report it to the Center for Disease Control
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They used unauthorized experimental treatments for syphilis
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They left men diagnosed with syphilis untreated so they could follow the disease
Pregunta 49
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According to the text, what is the reason Nevada residents have a 50% higher overall death rate than Utah residents?
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The effects of values and lifestyles of the people in each state
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the lack of qualified doctors in Nevada
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the differences in climate and environmental conditions in each state
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Low standards established by Nevada attract fewer health care professionals
Pregunta 50
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What is alternative medicine?
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Experimental drugs used by doctors in Third World countries
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Nontraditional medicine such as acupuncture and meditation
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Laymen practicing medicine, as in the case of midwives
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Self-doctoring oneself, rather than trusting the medical profession
Pregunta 51
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Today many individuals are choosing to receive medical assistance ________ rather than taking time off of work or spending hours visiting a local physician's office.
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On the Internet
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At church
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At the drug store
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While on vacation
Pregunta 52
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The concepts health and illness vary from culture to culture and in a pluralistic society, from group to group
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- True
- False
Pregunta 53
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Parents and physicians are the primary gatekeepers to the sick role
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- True
- False
Pregunta 54
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Cancer is the number one cause of death in the United States today.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 55
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When first introduced to the American colonies medicine was an apprenticeship program.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 56
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Physicians incompetence has been virtually eliminated in modern Western medicine, due in part to the extensiveness of diagnostic testing
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- True
- False
Pregunta 57
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Hospitals have the right to discharge or utilize patient dumping with unprofitable patients.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 58
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Polarity feedback, biotherapy, and other types of alternative medicine have proven to be ineffective in treating patients of Western Culture.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 59
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Which of the following statement about Charles MacKay is incorrect?
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He noticed that ordinary people did disgraceful things when in a crowd
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He suggested that people have "herd mentality" when in a crowd.
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He proposed that a collective mind develops once a group of people congregate
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His work marked the beginnings of the field of collective behavior
Pregunta 60
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LeBon's term for the tendency of people in a crowd to feel, think, and act in extraordinary ways is:
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social unrest.
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the "herd mentality"
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collective behavior
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collective mind.
Pregunta 61
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A crowd's back-and-forth communication whereby a collective impulse is transmitted is:
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A circular reaction
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milling
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an acting crowd
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a collective mind
Pregunta 62
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Acting crowd:
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is a term coined by Herbert Blumer.
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is an excited group that collectively moves toward a goal
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is the end result of the five stages of collective behavior
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all of the above
Pregunta 63
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Richard Berk used the term "minimax strategy" to describe the tendency for:
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crowds to operate with minimum of strategy
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for humans to minimize costs and maximize rewards
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those in authority to maximize the costs of an action in order to minimize rewards
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society to respond to even the most minimum of social movements
Pregunta 64
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Which of the following are kinds of participants in crowds?
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the ego-involved
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the insecure
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the exploiters
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all of the above
Pregunta 65
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Sociologists have found that when a disaster such as a fire occurs:
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everyone panics
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some people continue to perform their roles
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people leave it to the police and firefighters to solve the problem
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no one panics
Pregunta 66
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Which statement about moral panics is incorrect
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Moral panics occur when people are concerned about something viewed as immoral
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Moral panics are generally based on an event that has been verified as true
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Moral panics thrive on uncertainty and anxiety
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Moral panics are fueled by mass media
Pregunta 67
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Which of the following would be an example of a fashion?
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the bungalow house
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mini skirts
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the use of the word "cool"
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all of the above
Pregunta 68
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The womans christian temperance union is an example of which type of social movement?
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alternative social movement
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redemptive social movement
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reformative social movement
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transformative social movement
Pregunta 69
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A millenarian movement is a social movement
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in which South Pacific islanders destroyed all of their possessions
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that seeks to alter only particular aspects of people
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based on prophecy upheaval
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that seeks to change individuals totally
Pregunta 70
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The public that social movements face can really be divided into:
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supporters and opponents
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informed supportive public, informed oppositional public, and uninformed mass
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receptive audience, hostile audience, and disinterested mass
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sympathetic public, hostile public, and disinterested people
Pregunta 71
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What factors influence a social movement's choice of tactics?
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the predispositions and background of the inner core
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the movement's relationship to authorities
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the size of the town in which the movement is operating
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all of the above
Pregunta 72
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According to mass society theory, social movements offer people:
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a set of rules or guidelines to govern their behavior
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an outlet for leisure activities
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a sense of belonging
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answers to basic questions concerning morality
Pregunta 73
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In order to turn a group of people who are upset about a social condition into a social movement there must be
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agitation
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resource mobilization
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organization
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institutionalization
Pregunta 74
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In order to turn a group of people who are upset about a social condition into a social movement there must be
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agitation
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resource mobilization
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organization
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institutionalization
Pregunta 75
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Collective behavior is characterized by a group of people becoming emotionally aroused and engaging in extraordinary behavior
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- True
- False
Pregunta 76
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The fears that produce moral panics are generally out of proportion to any supposed danger
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- True
- False
Pregunta 77
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A social movement based on the prophecy of coming social upheaval is known as a millenarian social movement
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- True
- False
Pregunta 78
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A social movement's relationship to authorities is significant in determining whether the tactics to be used are peaceful or violent.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 79
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Deprivation theory and relative deprivation theory are identical perspectives
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- True
- False
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