Deck 8: Mental Health and Illness

Question 1

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Exposure to poor community conditions such as crime, poor living conditions, and lack of services.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Answer 1

Ambient hazards

Question 2

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.

-____ The study of the social arrangements that affect mental illness and its consequences.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Answer 2

Sociology of mental health

Question 3

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Part of the stress process referring to elements of our self-concept that may be beneficial in managing events.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Answer 3

Personal resources

Question 4

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ A way in which patients manage institutionalization by showing that their institution is a desirable place to live.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 5

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Part of the stress process referring to resources that intervene between a stressor and an outcome.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 6

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ The consequence of accepting a label as mentally ill which ultimately produces pathological symptoms.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 7

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ A psychological state of unhappiness associated with living conditions in particularly rural or urban areas.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 8

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ The study of the distribution of mental health disorders and the distress across social groups.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 9

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ A way of managing life in an institution involving the curtailing of interaction with others.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 10

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Places where individuals are isolated from the rest of society.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 11

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ A model that outlines the relationships among social statuses, stressful experiences, the resources people bring to deal with problems, and the outcomes they experience.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 12

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Access to friends and family available to help during stressful or difficult times.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 13

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ A way in which patients manage institutionalization by living up to the expectations of the staff and doctors.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 14

Why was 1656 an important date in the history of mental illness according to Michel Foucault?

A) It is the year that psycho-tropic drugs started becoming widely available in Europe.
B) It is the year that the "hospital general" opened, marking the beginning of the great confinement of mentally ill people.
C) It is the first year in which psychoanalysis was used to treat mentally ill people.
D) It was the first year that psychotropic drugs were introduced to the new world.

Question 15

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ A way in which patients manage institutionalization by rebelling against the staff expectations.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 16

Which of the following forces are associated with putting aspects of social life, including mental illness, under the boundaries of medical professionals?

A) The power and authority of medical professionals.
B) Activities of social movements and interest groups.
C) Directed organizational on professional activities.
D) All of the above are forces affecting medicalization.

Question 17

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Ways in which social problems-including mental health-have come under medical boundaries.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 18

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Part of the stress process referring to any event deemed unwanted or stressful to an individual.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 19

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Part of the stress process that includes the personal and social resources that affect the direction or strength of the relationship between a stressor and mental health.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 20

Following is a list of terms and then a series of statements. Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
____ Day-to-day role strains that may cause mental health problems over time by the accumulation of small amounts of stress.

A)Mediators
B)Stress process
C)Withdrawal
D)Intransigence
E)Conversion
F)Colonization
G)Total institutions
H)Ambient hazards
I)Social support
J)Personal resources
K)Negative life events
L)Moderators
M)Epidemiology of mental health
N)Sociology of mental health
O)Malaise
P)Medicalization of deviance
Q)Chronic strain
R)Modified labeling theory

Question 21

Which social theorist argued that mental illness is a "myth?"

A) Peter Conrad
B) Michel Foucault
C) Thomas Szaz
D) Herbert Blumer

Question 22

Which sociologist is most associated with concept of stigma?

A) Erving Goffman
B) Georg Simmel
C) George Herbert Mead
D) Herbert Blumer

Question 23

Which of the following would be considered a total institution?

A) your college
B) a police station
C) a prison
D) a family household

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a measurement of someone's depression levels?

A) I did not feel like eating.
B) I felt depressed.
C) I felt everything was an effort.
D) All of the above are measures of depression.

Question 25

Using the stress process paradigm, what is the likely source of Trudy's malady?

A) a life event
B) chronic strains
C) mediators and moderators
D) social and economic characteristics

Question 26

Marital status fits into which component of the stress process?

A) stressors
B) outcomes
C) mediators and moderators
D) social and economic characteristics

Question 27

Horwitz and Wakefield's research focused on trend to increasingly diagnose individuals with clinical depression as the "loss of sadness" in society.

Question 28

Goffman's research on total institutions showed that many patients in insane asylums generally resist their roles as patients.

Question 29

Jenna Howard found that those with more social and fiscal capital were able to?

A) access mental health services at higher rates
B) successfully "de-label" themselves as mentally ill
C) use less medication in the treatment of mental illness
D) all of the above

Question 30

The loss of a job is represented in which component of the stress process?

A) stressors
B) outcomes
C) mediators and moderators
D) social and economic characteristics

Question 31

Studies have found that discrimination of any kind increases levels of mental illness?

Question 32

Given the research on the epidemiology of mental health, which group is most likely to report problems with drinking? Depression?

A) married people; singles
B) African-Americans; Latinos
C) African-Americans; Whites
D) men; women

Question 33

Manuel's job loss really did not bother him because he did not like his boss, however, he really started getting anxious when he stopped getting his paycheck. In this example, the effect of job loss on anxiety is ________ by loss of income.

A) distressed
B) moderated
C) mediated
D) constrained

Question 34

How do group processes scholars examine the concept of mental illness?

A) It is viewed as status characteristic like race or gender.
B) It is viewed as a normal part of group interactions.
C) It is viewed as a major area of group research.
D) It is viewed as a way for individuals in groups to negotiate identity.

Question 35

The stresses associated with living in urban areas come from ________ while the stresses associated with rural areas tend to be a result of ________.

A) lack of stimulation; ambient hazards.
B) ambient hazards; lack of stimulation.
C) urban malaise; rural malaise.
D) negative life events; chronic stresses.

Question 36

A higher socio-economic status is associated with lower prevalence of disorders?

Question 37

Actual social support is more helpful in alleviating mental health problems than perceived social support.

Question 38

How can minority status impact mental health ratings?

A) Minorities often have lower economic status, which is associated with more distress.
B) Minorities are more likely to be diagnosed with mental health problems.
C) Minorities have different social constructions of mental health problems than other groups.
D) both a and b

Question 39

Which of the following coping strategies emphasize patients' attempts to rebel against asylum staff?

A) conversion
B) intransigence
C) withdrawal
D) colonization

Question 40

What kind of stressors do college students typically report?

A) adjustment problems
B) death of a loved one
C) job loss
D) fear of professors

Question 41

Given the research and theory on the medicalization of deviance, how will the clinic likely treat Trudy's malady in today's world?

A) Provide reading materials to cope with freshman life.
B) Try some form of medication to treat depression.
C) Give her some ideas for ways to mediate her problems.
D) Give her some ideas for ways to moderate her problems.