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Introduction to Sociology 3e

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19.1 The Social Construction of Health

1.

Who determines which illnesses are stigmatized?

  1. Therapists
  2. The patients themselves
  3. Society
  4. All of the above
2.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is an example of _______________.

  1. a stigmatized disease
  2. a contested illness
  3. a disability
  4. demedicalization
3.

The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is an example of ________________

  1. the social construction of health
  2. medicalization
  3. disability accommodations
  4. a contested illness

19.2 Global Health

4.

What is social epidemiology?

  1. The study of why some diseases are stigmatized and others are not
  2. The study of why diseases spread
  3. The study of the mental health of a society
  4. The study of the causes and distribution of diseases
5.

Core nations are also known as __________________

  1. high-income nations
  2. newly industrialized nations
  3. low-income nations
  4. developing nations
6.

Many deaths in high-income nations are linked to __________________

  1. cancer
  2. obesity
  3. mental illness
  4. lack of clean water
7.

According to the World Health Organization, what was the most frequent cause of death for children under five in low-income countries?

  1. Starvation
  2. Thirst
  3. Pneumonia and diarrheal diseases
  4. All of the above

19.3 Health in the United States

8.

Which of the following statements is not true?

  1. The life expectancy of Black males in the United States is approximately five years shorter than for White males.
  2. The infant mortality rate for Black people in the United States is almost double than it is for White people
  3. Black people have lower cancer rates than White people.
  4. Hispanic people have worse access to care than non-Hispanic White people.
9.

The process by which aspects of life that were considered bad or deviant are redefined as sickness and needing medical attention to remedy is called:

  1. deviance
  2. medicalization
  3. demedicalization
  4. intersection theory
10.

What are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in the United States?

  1. ADHD
  2. Mood disorders
  3. Autism spectrum disorders
  4. Anxiety disorders
11.

Sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are examples of _______________.

  1. disabilities
  2. accommodations required by the Americans with Disabilities Act
  3. forms of accessibility for people with disabilities
  4. both b and c
12.

The high unemployment rate among people with disabilities may be a result of ____________.

  1. medicalization
  2. obesity
  3. stigmatization
  4. all of the above

19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine

13.

Which public healthcare system offers insurance primarily to people over sixty-five years old?

  1. Medicaid
  2. Medicare
  3. Veterans Health Administration
  4. All of the above
14.

Which program is an example of socialized medicine?

  1. Canada’s system
  2. The United States’ Veterans Health Administration
  3. The United States’ new system under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  4. Medicaid
15.

What does the individual mandate provision of the 2010 U.S. healthcare reform do?

  1. Requires everyone to buy insurance from the government
  2. Requires everyone to sign up for Medicaid
  3. Requires everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty
  4. None of the above
16.

Great Britain’s healthcare system is an example of ______________

  1. socialized medicine
  2. private healthcare
  3. single-payer private healthcare
  4. universal private healthcare
17.

What group created the Millennium Development Goals?

  1. UNICEF
  2. The Kaiser Family Foundation
  3. Doctors Without Borders
  4. The World Health Organization

19.5 Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine

18.

Which of the following is not part of the rights and responsibilities of a sick person under the functionalist perspective?

  1. The sick person is not responsible for his condition.
  2. The sick person must try to get better.
  3. The sick person can take as long as she wants to get better.
  4. The sick person is exempt from the normal duties of society.
19.

The class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the _____________ perspective.

  1. conflict
  2. interactionist
  3. functionalist
  4. all of the above
20.

The removal of homosexuality from the DSM is an example of ____________.

  1. medicalization
  2. deviance
  3. interactionist theory
  4. demedicalization
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