Please fully answer the following statements/questions in complete sentences. Your answers
should come primarily from the text, but you are allowed to use Internet resources as a
supplement.
1. What is a social problem? Be sure to give an example of a current social problem and state
why it is considered a social problem. How does the amount of power that groups and
individuals have help determine whether a situation in society is defined as a social problem?
(chp 1)
2. Describe the major perspectives that sociologists use to study social problems? How would
each of these perspectives explain the reasons for the existence of prostitution within our
society? (chp l)
3. How can sociologists help reporters and other members of the media better understand the
social conditions that cause specific social problems? (chp 1)
4. The book describes several aspects of health care in the United States that contribute to social
problems at both the micro and macro levels. List and describe 3 of them. Be sure to state what
can be done to remedy these conditions. (chp 2)
5. The text describes several reasons for the high cost of health care in this country. Describe 5
of these reasons. Be sure to also state what can be done to remedy these conditions. (chp 2)
6. What are the major differences between the ways in which AIDS is spread in the developing
world and the ways in which it is spread in developed regions? (chp 2)
7. The text states that several factors seem to be related to whether, how much, and in what ways
an individual uses alcohol. Explain what they are? (chp 4)
8. Describe three of the most commonly used illegal drugs today. Describe the characteristics of
peOple who are more likely to use drugs. (chp 4)
9. Describe three strategies that the textbook argues could lessen the impact of drugs and drug
abuse within our society. Which one/s do you agree with and why? (chp 4)
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