Deck 12: Sociology Of The Body: Disabilities, aging and Death

Question 1

What do we call the type of impairment that keeps a person from being able to perform within the range of "normal" human activity?

A) impediment
B) disability
C) injury
D) immobilization

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What belief underlies the fact that people usually want men to be taller than the women they are in relationship with?

A) because otherwise gendered household chores would be difficult to accomplish
B) because sexual relations would be awkward otherwise
C) because it is more comfortable if men have a higher status than women
D) because it is better for reproduction if the man is taller

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The likelihood of being overweight increases when which of the following increases?

A) income
B) age
C) social class
D) education level

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Why does higher income translate to more height in populations?

A) because people can afford to buy devices that make them appear taller
B) because people can afford to buy drugs that include growth hormones
C) because expensive modern-day food has steroids and growth hormones in.
D) because people can afford to buy food with better nutritional properties

Question 5

Over time,what has happened to people's height within nations like Japan and Norway and in North America?

A) People have gotten dramatically shorter.
B) People have gotten a little shorter.
C) People's heights have remained about the same.
D) People have gotten taller.

Question 6

Which of the following people would be considered disabled today?

A) Damien, who is left handed
B) Jason, who has one leg slightly shorter than another
C) Dorothy, who is blind
D) Hasita, who has birthmark covering half of her face

Question 7

What is revealed about the textbook's authors in their assertion that dying and death are the ultimate social problems?

A) their fear of death
B) their lack of knowledge about the processes of dying
C) their denial of death as liberating
D) their cultural biases

Question 8

According to the textbook,which of the following is a common reason that a woman would hate herself for being slightly overweight?

A) because she believes that how she looks is a reflection of who she is as a person
B) because she believes that others will fail to see her worth based on her appearance
C) because she is stereotyped as lazy, despite being very strong and athletic
D) because she is unable to get satisfying work in a field that interests her

Question 9

Based on the research reported in the textbook,which of the following people of equal height is considered "taller"?

A) the restaurant busboy
B) the firefighter
C) the office manager
D) the theatre ticket taker

Question 10

According to the textbook,why is the body a sociological wonder?

A) because it is a reflection of who people are inside
B) because different aspects of our physicality mean different things in different places in different times
C) because it is the main way in which humans in all cultures perceive and comprehend the world around them
D) because it is the key filter through which humans make sense of the social world

Question 11

How would Venus,as created in antique sculpture and paintings,be considered by most Canadians today?

A) underweight
B) overweight
C) too feminine
D) too masculine

Question 12

How do the women painted in the seventeenth century by the famous artist Peter Paul Rubens compare with today's ideal standards of beauty?

A) They were taller then than today's ideal.
B) They were shorter then than today's ideal.
C) They were more flat-chested then than today's ideal.
D) They were fatter then than today's ideal.

Question 13

Based on Tom Perks's research,who will have the greatest income?

A) Lewis, who is a 5'11" immigrant lawyer
B) Taylor, who is a 6'5" black lawyer
C) Athena, who is a 5'9" white lawyer
D) Sage, who is a 6'0" black lawyer

Question 14

In 2007,who was most likely to be overweight?

A) James, from the United States
B) Patricia, from the United States
C) Tony, from Italy
D) Yolanda, from Italy

Question 15

In the TV show Nip/Tuck,the doctors ask prospective patients about what they do not like about themselves.Why is this line of questioning sociologically significant?

A) because it forces the realization that people who opt for plastic surgery do not like how they look
B) because doctors are normally trained to ask questions that are worded more positively
C) because the question implies that our bodily representations are who we are
D) because it assumes that all people are dissatisfied with their bodies

Question 16

What does BMI stand for?

A) body model information
B) basic mass inventory
C) body mass index
D) build massiveness indicator

Question 17

In a very poor nation,which of the following body types is likely to have the highest status?

A) the shortest
B) the tallest
C) the thinnest
D) the fattest

Question 18

According to the textbook,North Americans pay a lot of attention to enhancing their body image.What reason was given for this?

A) to make social relationships with strangers easier
B) to allow people to live out their fantasies
C) to facilitate attractiveness to the opposite sex
D) to strengthen people's core sense of who they are

Question 19

Which of the following negatively impacts women regarding annual income,education level,likelihood of marriage,and likelihood of poverty?

A) being overweight
B) being underweight
C) being shorter than most women
D) being taller than most women

Question 20

According to the text book,what is the key moral dilemma with stem cell research?

A) Should humans have control over their own bodies?
B) Do people have the right to determine when to die?
C) Is it permissible to kill in order to prolong life?
D) How much control should humans have over animals?

Question 21

What does the example of menopause discussed in the textbook illustrate?

A) The significance of various life stages is biologically based and innate.
B) The significance of various life stages is socially constructed.
C) Various life stages are negative for everyone.
D) Various life stages are positive for everyone.

Question 22

If the environment turns impairments into disabilities,which of the following is most likely to occur over the next two decades?

A) The number of people with disabilities will decrease considerably.
B) The number of people with disabilities will increase significantly.
C) The number of people with disabilities will remain stable.
D) The number of people with disabilities will become irrelevant.

Question 23

On the eve of his 90th birthday,Edward looks back over his life,recalling fondly all of the places he lived and people he's known and things he's done all the way up to today.What is Edward looking back upon?

A) his life transitions
B) his life course
C) his rites of passage
D) his age-related rituals

Question 24

Having a restaurant with narrow doors into the washrooms is an example of which of the following?

A) disability
B) prejudice
C) ableism
D) normalization

Question 25

What is demonstrated when architecture and urban planning do not provide access for people in scooters and wheelchairs to get around?

A) neglect
B) active prejudice
C) individual discrimination
D) ideological ableism

Question 26

How does the textbook classify a person who has a mental or physical deficiency?

A) crippled
B) impaired
C) handicapped
D) disabled

Question 27

When did forced sterilizations of Aboriginal women in Canada occur?

A) 1880s-1920s
B) 1900s-1940s
C) 1910s-1950s
D) 1920s-1970s

Question 28

Robert and Lynette met on a popular dating site,where she kept the fact that she was deaf from him.After four months of very intimate computer interactions,they agreed to meet in person.When they met for coffee,Lynette could tell that he was horrified,despite how emotionally close they had gotten.She never heard from him again.What did Robert exemplify by his actions?

A) ableism
B) disableism
C) disability reaction
D) reaction formation

Question 29

Refusing treatment for something such as deafness or "hard of hearing" is based upon which of the following ideas?

A) disability as deviance
B) disability as a rite of passage
C) disability as difference
D) disability as rehabilitation

Question 30

When Michelle turned 19,her mother and aunts took her out to acquaint her with the local club scene.What is this an example of?

A) a change of life
B) a normative event
C) a social transition
D) a rite of passage

Question 31

Sasha is uncomfortable around Rick because he has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome,so she refuses to work with him in class and then makes fun of him to other children at recess.What is Sasha engaged in?

A) disability dysphoria
B) ableism
C) abiliphobia
D) disability discrimination

Question 32

Joyce is in the advanced stages of multiple sclerosis and is having an increasingly difficult time meeting the challenges of daily living.Approximately what proportion of the world's citizens is she aligned with regarding her ability to live a "normal" life?

A) 1 in 10
B) 1 in 20
C) 1 in 30
D) 1 in 40

Question 33

The integration of children with special needs into regular child-care settings was one result of which of the following movements?

A) segregation
B) rehabilitation
C) normalization
D) intervention

Question 34

The provision of sheltered workshops for people with varying mental impairments to work in was one result of which of the following movements?

A) eugenics
B) rehabilitation
C) normalization
D) intervention

Question 35

According to the textbook,people with disabilities participated little in efforts to improve the conditions they lived within until when?

A) the 1920s
B) the 1940s
C) the 1960s
D) the 1980s

Question 36

Kris has autism.According to the textbook,which of the following terms applies to him?

A) crippled
B) deviant
C) delayed
D) impaired

Question 37

What do we call the rituals that signify and validate the transition from one life stage to another?

A) the life course
B) life transitions
C) rites of passage
D) ritual marker

Question 38

Sahasra turned 65 and her family,friends,co-workers,and bosses threw her an enormous retirement party complete with decorations,cake,humorous cards,gifts,and a lovely gold pendant.What is this event an example of?

A) a rite of passage
B) a normative event
C) a social transition
D) a change of life

Question 39

What do sociologists call the stages of life that most people in a culture pass through,when looked at together?

A) the life course
B) life transitions
C) rites of passage
D) age-related rituals

Question 40

Winona,an Aboriginal woman born in the twentieth century,had six children and was then forced by the Indian Agent to go to Edmonton to undergo surgery.What was her surgery for?

A) lobotomy
B) tonsillitis
C) sterilization
D) caesarean section

Question 41

Which sociological perspective on age stratification suggests that people's relative social worth is related to the importance of their societal contributions?

A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) feminism

Question 42

What kind of group is the category of people known as the "baby boomers"?

A) an age role
B) an age cohort
C) a life stage
D) a generation

Question 43

What do we call the average age a group of individuals of the same age can anticipate to live until?

A) the life course
B) life expectancy
C) the death course
D) death expectancy

Question 44

Which generation faced a period of economic contraction and a job market overloaded by baby boomers?

A) generation Y
B) generation X
C) the "me" generation
D) the beatniks

Question 45

Angus works nights at the local convenience store where he is paid poorly,has no job-related benefits,and is frequently ridiculed by customers.What would Vancouver author Douglas Coupland call Angus's job?

A) a youth culture job
B) a Gen-X job
C) a boomer job
D) a McJob

Question 46

According to the textbook,when many Canadian men reach about age 40 they attempt to regain their fast-disappearing youth by engaging in behaviours that some view as problematic.What do we call this behaviour?

A) male menopause
B) midlife crisis
C) October years' angst
D) masculinity anxiety

Question 47

Which sociological perspective supports the idea that political struggles,such as the successes of labour unions,can moderate the amount of age stratification that exists in a society?

A) symbolic interactionism
B) feminist theory
C) conflict theory
D) functionalism

Question 48

Hazel knows that all of the women born in the same year as her can expect to live to be about 80 years old.What does Hazel have knowledge of?

A) life expectancy
B) death expectancy
C) the life course
D) the death course

Question 49

What do we call social inequality that exists in all societies between age cohorts?

A) gerontocracy
B) age stratification
C) generation gap
D) age classism

Question 50

Johnny believes that even though people often lose status as they age,this loss tends to be less severe if they command wealth or political power.Which theory are his views consistent with?

A) symbolic interactionism
B) feminist theory
C) functionalism
D) conflict theory

Question 51

When Libby's parents tell her to "act her age," what do they want her to do?

A) They want her to follow the appropriate generation marker.
B) They want her to follow appropriate generation principles
C) They want her to follow the appropriate age role.
D) They want her to follow the appropriate age cohort.

Question 52

Wanda,a grade 12 student at a local high school,experiences more respect from the teachers and from younger students than she did when she was in grade 8,even though she does not feel she has changed.Why has she experienced a change in status?

A) because high school is age stratified, with more prestige afforded to older students
B) because she is more mature and people around her appreciate her change in attitude
C) because she lives in a society that stereotypes younger students as unworthy of respect
D) because younger adolescents are generally viewed as intolerable by society.

Question 53

Sheila,who is in her 70s,likes to wear a lot of makeup,dress in tight pants and t-shirts that show a lot of cleavage,and flirt outrageously with the young men in her apartment building.What is Sheila defying?

A) age roles
B) generation principles
C) age cohorts
D) life stages

Question 54

Agnes has been studying the evolution of childhood and the relative value of children and is convinced that as society industrialized and children had no economic role,they lost status.Which theory are her views consistent with?

A) symbolic interactionism
B) feminist theory
C) functionalism
D) conflict theory

Question 55

What do we call a category of people who are all born within the same range of years?

A) a peer group
B) an age cohort
C) an age-graded cluster
D) a census generation

Question 56

Which sociological perspective on age stratification suggests that age stratification is mediated by other things such as class stratification?

A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) feminism

Question 57

What do we call a society that bestows power and prestige on its oldest members and is ruled by them?

A) seniority model
B) elder reign
C) gerontocracy
D) senilia principalia

Question 58

What kind of group contains every Canadian born between 1990 and 2000?

A) an age cohort
B) a peer group
C) an age-related mass
D) a census generation

Question 59

Ernie woke up on his 42nd birthday,realizing that his life was probably more than half over.He immediately went and cashed in his RRSPs and ordered a new Porsche Boxster.What does Ernie's behaviour illustrate?

A) male menopause
B) masculinity anxiety
C) October years' angst
D) midlife crisis

Question 60

What are all people in Canada who were born within a 15- to 30-year span and who share unique experiences collectively known as?

A) an age cohort
B) a generation
C) a majority group
D) an enclave

Question 61

What do we call prejudice and discrimination against older people?

A) gerontocracy
B) age stratification
C) senior chauvinism
D) ageism

Question 62

Why is the population of elderly people rising in industrialized societies like Canada?

A) because population growth has increased
B) because fertility rates have been declining
C) because medical advances have slowed
D) because life expectancy has reached the highest point of the human life span

Question 63

What is significant in Canada about the age of 65?

A) It is the age at which people must retire from their jobs.
B) It is the age at which people may begin receiving Old Age Security benefits.
C) It is the age at which most people start to experience physical health declines.
D) It is the age at which most people begin second careers or self-employment.

Question 64

Which sociological perspective on age stratification focuses on the cultural meanings and interpretations that people attribute to age,aging,and age stratification?

A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) feminism

Question 65

Colin lives in Canada.The population of Canada is aging,with a small number of elderly,a large number of middle-aged baby boomers,and a relatively small number of children.What is the shape of the age-sex population graph in Canada?

A) pyramid
B) muffin
C) rectangle
D) inverted triangle

Question 66

Geraldine is 70 years old.What do gerontologists call her age category?

A) the grey boomers
B) gerontolo-youths
C) the young-old
D) the old-old

Question 67

Jim is afraid of getting old because,although he feels young and is very active,he knows there are many negative stereotypes about older people.What is Jim fearful of experiencing?

A) gerontocracy
B) ageism
C) senior chauvinism
D) age stratification

Question 68

Dori was born in Canada in 1949.Which of the following is Dori a part of?

A) generation War
B) baby boomers
C) war babies
D) peace babies

Question 69

What do the profiles of the elderly people in the textbook demonstrate about old age today?

A) Older people are vibrant, healthy, and engaged.
B) Older people are lonely, depressed, and shut-in.
C) Older people are bored, bitter, and alienated.
D) Older people are overworked, exhausted, and resigned.

Question 70

What do we call a graph that shows the percentage of the population,by sex,who are in various ages?

A) a population pyramid
B) an age-sex stratification system
C) a life expectancy index
D) an age-sex histogram

Question 71

According to the textbook,what percentage of seniors is considered financially secure or better today?

A) 20 percent
B) 40 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 80 percent

Question 72

What is the living situation for the majority of Canadian seniors today?

A) They live in extended care facilities.
B) They live with children or siblings.
C) They live in gated communities with other seniors.
D) They live alone or with a spouse in their own homes.

Question 73

Nancy drove her car to the grocery store this morning and overhead a group of young people laughing and making nasty remarks that she was a danger to society because she was too old to be driving. What has Nancy just experienced?

A) ageism
B) senior chauvinism
C) the double standard
D) age stratification

Question 74

Aalimah has been doing research on the portrayals of seniors in popular culture.She has determined that there is a great deal of prejudice against the elderly in Canada because they are nearly always portrayed as incompetent,unattractive,and confused.Which theory is she most likely using to drive her research?

A) symbolic interactionism
B) conflict theory
C) feminist theory
D) functionalism

Question 75

Melvin just turned 87.What do gerontologists call his age category?

A) the grey panthers
B) the ripened posse
C) the young-old
D) the old-old

Question 76

Ari lives in Canada.He learned in his demography class that the population of Canada is aging rapidly.Predictions are that the large number of baby boomers,because they are healthy,will live on into old age.Also,Canadians have not been having many children over the past two decades,a trend that is predicted to continue.If these trends continue,what is the predicted shape for the age-sex population graph for Canada 30 years from now?

A) pyramid
B) muffin
C) rectangle
D) inverted triangle

Question 77

Barbara lives in Mexico City.The population of Mexico is very youthful and there are many more young people than middle-aged people and only a handful of elderly.What is the shape of the age-sex population graph in Mexico?

A) pyramid
B) muffin
C) rectangle
D) inverted triangle

Question 78

As men become older,society often considers them powerful and distinguished.However,as women become older,society considers them unintelligent and unattractive. What is this inequitable situation called?

A) double jeopardy
B) age-sex peril
C) double standard
D) ageism-sexism binary

Question 79

According to the 2006 census,approximately what percentage of the Canadian population was 65 years of age or older?

A) 5 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 15 percent
D) 20 percent

Question 80

According to the 2006 census,what was the approximate median age of the Canadian population?

A) 30
B) 35
C) 40
D) 45