Exam 5: The Social Meanings of Illness

Which of the following is least well explained by the sick role model?

According to sociologists, doctors are

Which of the following is a negative social sanction?

Which of the following can be important supporters of medicalization?

Some psychiatrists believe that battered wives who do not leave their husbands suffer from an illness referred to as "masochistic abuse personality." If this idea became widely adopted by psychiatrists, what might be some of the positive and negative consequences?

The history of ADHD as a "disease" shows that

Individuals who live with a troublesome condition sometimes push for the condition to be medicalized in order to

Treating behavior problems among children as an illness is an example of

We can tell that a condition is deviant by seeing if those who exhibit the condition

Explanations for illness that emphasize individual blame have

Talcott Parsons' term for how society views sick people and how sick people should behave is

Early nineteenth century doctors argued that cholera typically attacked only individuals who

Which of the following is an underlying assumption of functionalism?

Those who use the concept of "fetal rights" typically

What contribution does Parsons' concept of a sick role make to our understanding of sickness in society? What are the weaknesses of that concept?

Which of the following policies would legislators who believe heart disease is primarily caused by individual lifestyle choices be most likely to support?

The belief that illness is caused by sin is especially evident in the history of

Widespread genetic testing may lead to

Most individuals assume that illness is an objective, biological category. Your textbook, on the other hand, argues that illness is a moral category and a social construction. Argue for or against this position. Be sure to address the issues likely to be raised by those holding the opposite view.

The concept of an epigenetic effect suggests that genes