Soc 185 2024 ACTUAL EXAM UQUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) 100% Verified

Soc 185 2024 ACTUAL EXAM UQUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) 100% Verified Why is Halle's definition of "class" good - Answer- Multiple uses of class enable us to capture the most important current developments, which would not be possible if we confine class to one economic sphere. What is "culture?" - Answer- Culture- narrow sense refer to arts, broader sense include political beliefs, social attitudes, religious beliefs, material life. Society's material. "Medium of lived experience." Developments of stocks over time? - Answer- Direct stock ownership increased 6.1% while Indirect holdings increases 18.7%. 3 times as much. Development of Income Mobility? - Answer- Majority of poor is still poor. Shows obstacles and difficulties of disadvantaged and poor. Although some did succeed in climbing. Roughly what % of Federal GDP is social security projected to constitute by 2082? Is that an increase compared to now? - Answer- 15% of Federal GDP. A decrease of 5% Roughly what % of Federal GDP is medicare and medicaid spending projected to constitute by 2082? Is that an increase compared to now? - Answer- 35% of Federal GDP. Increase of 10% "The government is moving from volume-based payments to value-based purchasing (VBP)" (section 3). What does this mean? - Answer- A pivot from process to quality measures. Which of the possible alternate method of accessing health care is most popular? - Answer- -Internet/telephone How are telecommunications corporations capitalizing on the growing use of their products in the healthcare industry? (section 5) - Answer- huge boost from stimulus package, 7 billion in broadband funding, $598 million for establishment of regional health information, 564 million for health information exchanges. Roughly what percentage of the hospitals surveyed by the New England Journal of Medicine have a comprehensive Electronic Health Record system? - Answer- 1.5% .What, according to the authors, was the significance of the 2008 election? - Answer- - Moreso a judgment on George W. Bush and the Republican Party over policies What were some of the sharp differences on policy between Obama and McCain? Obama version - Answer- -Obama: Close Guantanamo Bay, remove combat forces from Iraq/ send to Afghanistan, raise income taxes on rich, major overhaul of health care system, massive financial aid to stimulate growth. Support abortion, stem cell research, repeal don't ask don't tell, rights despite gay/lesbian but opposed same-sex marriage. (principle). Replaced Supreme Court vacancies with liberals. What were some of the sharp differences on policy between Obama and McCain? - Answer- -McCain- Opposed tax increases, embryonic stem cell research, against reproductive rights, wants to keep don't ask, don't tell, against abortion( states to decide), wanted Conservatives on Supreme Court What, in the authors' view, are the five basic characteristics of a "partisan realignment"? - Answer- Change in regional bases of party support, changes in the social bases of party support, mobilization of new groups into the electorate, emergence of divisive issues, changes not just in voting patterns but also in how voters think about political parties. What is "political dealignment"? - Answer- Gradual moving away from ALL parties. What are the National Election Studies (NES) surveys? - Answer- - measured party identification and feelings of political effectiveness