Deck 13: Physical Disabilities

Question 1

Retail stores have made it a common practice to hire disabled people as sales people.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Bubba has a damaged inner ear. This condition is a(n) _______.

A) impairment
B) disability
C) handicap
D) enfeeblement

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Those with disabilities become identified, certified, and derogated just as any other recognized deviant does.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Sandy is unable to read ordinary newspaper print, even with perfectly fitted glasses. Sandy would be best described as someone who is:

A) totally blind
B) legally blind
C) functionally blind
D) visually impaired

Question 5

The status of being physically disabled is usually seen as an ascribed category.

Question 6

The Elephant Man was based on a true story.

Question 7

Sometimes stigma is used in a positive way to encourage normal role acquisition for those with disabilities.

Question 8

Stigma alone can cause the deviance associated with physical handicaps.

Question 9

There is little evidence that excessive weight or thinness (except at the extremes) is by itself related to increased death risk.

Question 10

Those with disabilities never really have to play the sick role.

Question 11

In which century did Western societies distinguish different types of dependents and develop specialized welfare services to the blind?

A) 17 ^th Century
B) 18 ^th Century
C) 19 ^th Century
D) 20 ^th Century

Question 12

People with physical disabilities no longer encounter isolation, segregation, and discrimination like they did in the past.

Question 13

The relationship between the disabled and the able-bodied is strained because the disabled:

A) cannot easily interact with the able-bodied
B) can never leave the sick role
C) appear thankless for aid provided to them by the able-bodied
D) all of the above

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT always considered an "involuntary deviant?"

A) Stutterers
B) The crippled
C) The permanently blind
D) The mentally retarded

Question 15

John is unable to speak because a portion of his brain that helps one talk is damaged. The inability to speak is a(n) _________.

A) impairment
B) disability
C) handicap
D) enfeeblement

Question 16

It is estimated by one expert that as much as ____ of all cosmetic surgeries require revision.

A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 20%
D) 30%

Question 17

Intellectual Disability is best diagnosed with an IQ test.

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT part of the sick role?

A) A person is unable to perform normal role responsibilities.
B) A person is exempt from normal role responsibilities.
C) Significant others are required to assist a sick individual.
D) A person should do everything in their power to facilitate their own recovery.

Question 19

Sarah has a damaged optic nerve, cannot see, and therefore cannot drive a car. Her inability to drive a car is an example of a(n) ______ .

A) impairment
B) disability
C) handicap
D) enfeeblement

Question 20

It is best to see disabilities as the sociology:

A) of deviance
B) of oppression
C) of difference
D) of emotions

Question 21

The Americans With Disabilities Act applied to all of the following kinds of people except:

A) anyone with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
B) any person with a record of an impairment
C) anyone who received federal assistance through TANF and other cash assistance programs
D) any person perceived as having a physical or mental impairment

Question 22

People probably set the highest value on the cherished ability to:

A) think
B) see
C) hear
D) walk

Question 23

According to the National Organization of Disabilities, almost _____ Americans aged 5 or older live with disabilities that interfere with the completion of at least one major life task.

A) 5 million
B) 10 million
C) 25 million
D) 54 million

Question 24

People with disabilities employ the same general processes of stigma management that serve:

A) criminal offenders
B) homosexuals
C) survivors of unsuccessful suicides
D) all of the above

Question 25

The term ______________ refers to the limitation with normal activities of self-care and mobility that results from an impairment.

A) disability
B) impairment
C) handicap
D) none of the above

Question 26

People with physical disabilities often encounter ________________.

A) isolation
B) segregation
C) discrimination
D) all of the above

Question 27

If a disabled person retreats from social confrontation and passively accepts a deviant role as a way to manage stigma, sociologists call this method:

A) passing
B) normalizing
C) coping
D) dissociation

Question 28

Career disability results from:

A) formation of a new role
B) engaging in primary deviance as a disabled person
C) role adaptation
D) none of the above

Question 29

In one study that showed various drawings to children and asked them to indicate their preferences among the pictured children as friends, the children were least likely to pick which drawn child?

A) the child with crutches and a brace on one leg
B) the child confined to the wheelchair
C) the obese child
D) the child with the amputated forearm

Question 30

The social effects of stigma on top of the physical limitations associated with disabilities are together sometimes referred to as a:

A) double disease
B) double jeopardy
C) dual stigma
D) second illness

Question 31

Attitudes toward obesity as deviant rest upon ______ foundations.

A) scientific
B) moral
C) psychological
D) biological

Question 32

Subcultures for those with the disabled:

A) institutionalize customs
B) support social needs of current members
C) facilitate the management of a deviant identity
D) all of the above

Question 33

Self-reports of disability peak during periods of:

A) economic prosperity
B) unemployment and depressed economic activity
C) war
D) social unrest and political instability

Question 34

Which of the following is one of the elements that make up the sick role?

A) No attribution of responsibility of individuals for their won conditions
B) Exemptions form normal role obligations
C) Recognition of the undesirable character of illness
D) All of the above

Question 35

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in _____.

A) 1965
B) 1975
C) 1983
D) 1990

Question 36

The high amount of social stigma obese people receive today became common:

A) during colonial times
B) right after industrialization
C) during the roaring 1920s
D) only recently

Question 37

In order to manage stigma, a disabled person may engage in all of the following methods except:

A) coping
B) normalizing
C) confronting
D) passing

Question 38

Deviant identities from disabilities stem from:

A) behavior
B) conditions
C) stigma
D) none of the above

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT accurate about disabled persons?

A) They do not learn as quickly.
B) They do not retain as much information as others.
C) They cannot live on their own.
D) They have weak powers of mental abstraction.

Question 40

In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Americans Disabilities Act protects persons held in a state prison and ordered the state to accommodate the inmates. What was the name of this case?

A) United States v. Georgia
B) United States v. Arkansas
C) United States v. Minnesota
D) United States v. Kentucky

Question 41

How is one socialized into the disabled role? What is the socialization process for someone who is disabled?

Question 42

Outline the numerous problems mentioned in the text about how professionals and agencies diagnose and treat those with various disabilities.

Question 43

Why are physical disabilities discussed in your textbook? Are the disabled deviant, and if so, how and why?

Question 44

How do the disabled differ from other deviants?

Question 45

Discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act? What impact has this had on the disabled community? What protections are disabled persons now afforded?