Deck 1: The Sociology of Health,Illness, and Health Care

Question 1

In Germany,infectious and parasitic diseases are relatively rare,chronic and degenerative diseases are relatively common,and life expectancy is high.From these facts,we can conclude that Germany has experienced the

A) epidemiological transition.
B) sociological transition.
C) expectational profile.
D) demographic shift.
E) developed nation syndrome.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Compared to other sociologists,critical sociologists place greater emphasis on the role played by

A) social roles.
B) power.
C) socialization.
D) epidemiology.
E) educational institutions.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

How can a reader tell if an article or Internet website is a reliable data source?

Answer 3

Not Answer

Question 4

To decide whether to believe in the results of a published study,it helps to know

A) whether the research was based on a random sample.
B) whether the researchers controlled statistically for possibly confounding variables.
C) what type of magazine or journal published it.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 5

Before 1900,the most common causes of death in the United States were

A) chronic diseases.
B) infectious diseases.
C) accidents and trauma.
D) infant and maternal mortality.
E) diseases of old age.

Question 6

What is the sociological perspective? How do the questions sociologists ask differ from the questions asked by psychologists or health care providers?

Question 7

Which of the following research topics best reflects the sociological perspective?

A) how women's traditional role can foster depression
B) how women's hormonal swings can foster depression
C) how best to use mood-altering drugs in treating depressed women
D) how best to use psychotherapy in treating depressed women
E) how women's relationships with their mothers can foster depression

Question 8

Imagine that you are researcher trained in the sociology of medicine who wants to study diabetes.Give an example of a research question you might study.How would your questions change if you used a sociology in medicine approach?

Question 9

Which of the following research projects best reflects a sociological perspective?

A) how biological factors can trigger alcoholism
B) how one's relationship with one's mother can trigger alcoholism
C) how prejudice against Native Americans can foster high rates of alcoholism among Native Americans
D) how genetic factors can cause Native Americans to have a high rate of alcoholism
E) how Native American culture encourages individuals to become alcoholic

Question 10

The sociological perspective emphasizes the role played by

A) social security.
B) power.
C) genetics.
D) culture.
E) biological events.

Question 11

Those who frame their research questions in terms of public issues,rather than personal troubles,can be said to use

A) the sociological perspective.
B) functionalist theory.
C) psychoanalysis.
D) a public health perspective.
E) radical theory.

Question 12

What does this textbook mean by a critical approach? By power? Give an example of how power affects health care delivery in the United States.

Question 13

Which of the following research projects would someone who engages in the sociology of medicine be mostly likely to pursue?

A) how doctors' attitudes result in poorer persons receiving worse health care than wealthier persons
B) how poor people's attitudes toward doctors result in their receiving a lower quality of care than wealthier persons receive
C) why poor persons develop arthritis more often than wealthier persons
D) how individuals' attitudes toward risk-taking affect whether they follow medical advice
E) why wealthier persons live longer on average than poor persons

Question 14

According to most scholars,life expectancy in the United States increased dramatically after 1900 because of

A) the introduction of smallpox inoculation.
B) the development of new medical treatments.
C) changes in nutrition and living conditions.
D) the natural evolution of epidemics.
E) the natural evolution of microorganisms into less dangerous forms.

Question 15

Changing social conditions for women in the eighteenth-century contributed to increases in life expectancy.How do you think African American women were - or were not - affected by those changes?

Question 16

Sociology of medicine refers to the study of how social factors affect

A) health and illness.
B) health care.
C) health, illness, and health care, raising questions that sociologists, but not necessarily doctors, consider important.
D) health, illness, and health care, raising questions that doctors, but not necessarily sociologists, consider important.
E) all of the above

Question 17

In 1900,life expectancy for US whites was

A) almost 30 years.
B) almost 40 years.
C) almost 50 years.
D) almost 70 years.
E) over 80 years.

Question 18

The history of disease before the 1900s suggests that

A) cities are healthier places to live than rural areas.
B) long-distance travel increases public health by exposing doctors to new scientific ideas.
C) changes in medical technology play a large role in increasing average life expectancy.
D) changes in the knowledge base of folk healers play a large role in increasing average life expectancy.
E) changes in women's roles can play a large role in increasing average life expectancy.

Question 19

Researchers increasingly use big data because it

A) reflects virtually the entire population.
B) less often was collected for a specific purpose that might have biased the results.
C) is increasingly accessible due to electronic record keeping.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 20

The rate of tuberculosis increased dramatically during the 1980s.As a result,tuberculosis during those years should be referred to as

A) an endemic illness.
B) an epidemic.
C) an acute illness.
D) a pandemic.
E) a prevalent illness.

Question 21

Which of the following is true?

A) Qualitative data is particularly useful for helping us understand how people think about their lives.
B) Quantitative data is particularly useful for helping us understand how people think about their lives.
C) Quantitative data is especially useful when it provides in-depth analysis of small samples.
D) Quantitative research is most useful for studying tobacco use.
E) None of the above.