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tatyanajohnson

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Scarpitti and Andersen argued that labelling _____ as mentally ill made it less likely that other people in society would challenge the existing privilege characteristics of economic, social, and political institutions.
 
  a. psychotics
  b. political dissidents
  c. homosexuals
  d. women

Question 2

The chapter suggests that treatment of the mentally ill, often through the use of drugs, is an attempt to
 
  a. make the normal more abnormal.
  b. validate, enforce, and reinforce the established ways of society.
  c. exert ideological social control over deviants.
  d. provide treatment to those who are suffering.



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Loise Hard

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c. homosexuals

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. validate, enforce, and reinforce the established ways of society.




tatyanajohnson

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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