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dbose · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

An example of a pattern that is very harmful but not generally defined as a social problem is

a. terrorism, which includes events that resulted in thousands of deaths.
b. school shootings that have resulted in several dozen deaths.
c. the use of automobiles that results in some 32,000 deaths each year.
d. homicide, which involves almost 15,000 deaths each year.

Question 2

The social-constructionist approach asserts that

a. society keeps facing the same problems year after year.
b. social problems are those that are the most harmful to any population.
c. problems arise as people define conditions as undesirable and in need of change.
d. the government decides what the serious problems are.