Unit 13 Concepts
The important concepts in Unit 13 are listed below. The readings and other learning opportunities are designed to help you become familiar with these concepts. You should know the definitions of each concept and also how sociologists use these concepts. Try to incorporate these concepts into your work for this course.
| (1) Education | (23) Adult Education |
| (2) Schooling | (24) Teacher Shortage |
| (3) Illiteracy | (25) Feminization of Schooling |
| (4) Cultural Innovation | (26) Medicine |
| (5) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | (27) Health |
| (6) Standardized Testing | (28) Social Epidemiology |
| (7) Tracking | (29) Type A Personality |
| (8) Higher Education | (30) Eating Disorder |
| (9) Social Privilege | (31) Obesity |
| (10) Personal Merit | (32) Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) |
| (11) Discipline | (33) Euthanasia |
| (12) Student Passivity | (34) Medical Establishment |
| (13) Silent Classroom | (35) Scientific Medicine |
| (14) Dropping Out | (36) Holistic Medicine |
| (15) Academic Standards | (37) Direct-Fee System |
| (16) Functional Illiteracy | (38) Private Insurance |
| (17) Grade Inflation | (39) Public Insurance |
| (18) School Choice | (40) Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) |
| (19) Charter School | (41) Sick Role |
| (20) Schooling for Profit | (42) Physician Role |
| (21) Home Schooling | (43) Treatment |
| (22) Inclusive Education | (44) Profit Motive |
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