Question 1

To what does the text attribute reductions in female mortality?

Accepted Answer

A)  menopause 
B)  reductions in women smoking 
C)  medicine 
D)  reductions in deaths during pregnancy and childbirth 
A)  menopause 
B)  reductions in women smoking 
C)  medicine 
D)  reductions in deaths during pregnancy and childbirth

Question 2

The average life expectancy in Japan is the same as in Canada.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT included as a colonial action that continues to affect Indigenous communities?

Accepted Answer

A)  destruction of Indigenous languages and religion 
B)  enforced attendance at residential schools 
C)  environmental stewardship by the Canadian government 
D)  relocation of communities 
A)  destruction of Indigenous languages and religion 
B)  enforced attendance at residential schools 
C)  environmental stewardship by the Canadian government 
D)  relocation of communities

Question 4

How does the text define healthcare?

Accepted Answer

A)  any medically related activity organized by a government 
B)  any activity that is intended to improve health 
C)  any activity that is intended to prevent illness 
D)  any activity that does not cause personal harm 
A)  any medically related activity organized by a government 
B)  any activity that is intended to improve health 
C)  any activity that is intended to prevent illness 
D)  any activity that does not cause personal harm

Question 5

Irene has Crohn's disease.She is currently taking five university courses and working part-time.When she has a bout of her illness,she calls in sick for work and stays home from school.To what extent does Irene conform to the sick role?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irene's behaviour challenges the sick role. 
B)  Irene's behaviour falls short of the sick role. 
C)  Irene's behaviour is consistent with the sick role. 
D)  Irene's behaviour is in opposition to the sick role. 
A)  Irene's behaviour challenges the sick role. 
B)  Irene's behaviour falls short of the sick role. 
C)  Irene's behaviour is consistent with the sick role. 
D)  Irene's behaviour is in opposition to the sick role.

Question 6

Kathleen has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia,which is controversial as there is no scientific consensus on the illness.She has symptoms such as fatigue and pain,which her mother experienced decades earlier but were dismissed as part of her menstrual cycle.Friends are sometimes are skeptical that Kathleen is suffering from a real ailment.Which of the following perspectives would best explain this case?

Accepted Answer

A)  feminist theory 
B)  symbolic interactionist theory 
C)  conflict theory 
D)  postmodern theory 
A)  feminist theory 
B)  symbolic interactionist theory 
C)  conflict theory 
D)  postmodern theory

Question 7

Define healthcare,medicine,and preventive health.Describe the relationships among these sociological concepts.

Accepted Answer

Healthcare is any activity intended to i

Question 8

Critics of the sick role use examples such as children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)or the health impact of poverty to highlight which flaw in the concept?

Accepted Answer

A)  The sick role places too much responsibility on the individual. 
B)  The sick role gives too little responsibility to the individual for their personal health. 
C)  Not everyone wants to get well. 
D)  The sick person is still responsible for meeting social and personal obligations. 
A)  The sick role places too much responsibility on the individual. 
B)  The sick role gives too little responsibility to the individual for their personal health. 
C)  Not everyone wants to get well. 
D)  The sick person is still responsible for meeting social and personal obligations.

Question 9

Which term refers to a sudden significant increase in the numbers of people contracting a disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  an epidemic 
B)  an illness 
C)  a tragedy 
D)  a contagion 
A)  an epidemic 
B)  an illness 
C)  a tragedy 
D)  a contagion

Question 10

What percentage of Canada's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)is spent on healthcare?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 percent 
B)  8 percent 
C)  11 percent 
D)  14 percent 
A)  5 percent 
B)  8 percent 
C)  11 percent 
D)  14 percent

Question 11

During the 1950s,Canada had a user-pay healthcare system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Freidson,the definition of disability and expectations for people who have a disability are socially constructed factors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

AIDS affects self-definition,relations with others,one's own behaviour,and social and political issues.How does Grant (1993)perceive AIDS?

Accepted Answer

A)  as a medical problem 
B)  as an economic concern 
C)  as a social phenomenon 
D)  as a political issue 
A)  as a medical problem 
B)  as an economic concern 
C)  as a social phenomenon 
D)  as a political issue

Question 14

Kathy is writing about health from a postmodern perspective.Which statement best illustrates her views?

Accepted Answer

A)  Illness affects how a person relates with others in their social world. 
B)  Illness is created in the convergences between culture and biology. 
C)  Traditional practices of treating illness often have more favourable outcomes than medicine. 
D)  Defining illness involves a power struggle over meaning. 
A)  Illness affects how a person relates with others in their social world. 
B)  Illness is created in the convergences between culture and biology. 
C)  Traditional practices of treating illness often have more favourable outcomes than medicine. 
D)  Defining illness involves a power struggle over meaning.

Question 15

Feminist scholars argue that most medical research focuses on males.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Nonmedical factors such as outlook,isolation,retirement,and death of a family member have all been found to affect health.Which approach to healthcare makes these visible?

Accepted Answer

A)  sick role 
B)  holistic approach 
C)  medical model 
D)  deviance model 
A)  sick role 
B)  holistic approach 
C)  medical model 
D)  deviance model

Question 17

The Journal of the American Heart Association looked at whether people who have high levels of despair were more or less likely to develop atherosclerosis than optimists.What did they find about people who have high levels of despair?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their likelihood of developing atherosclerosis was 20 percent greater. 
B)  Their likelihood developing atherosclerosis was 20 percent less. 
C)  Their likelihood of developing atherosclerosis was the same. 
D)  Their likelihood of developing atherosclerosis was 3 percent greater. 
A)  Their likelihood of developing atherosclerosis was 20 percent greater. 
B)  Their likelihood developing atherosclerosis was 20 percent less. 
C)  Their likelihood of developing atherosclerosis was the same. 
D)  Their likelihood of developing atherosclerosis was 3 percent greater.

Question 18

Tabitha argues that illness creates instability in the social system.Which theoretical perspective is Tabitha using?

Accepted Answer

A)  conflict 
B)  functionalist 
C)  symbolic Interactionist 
D)  postmodern 
A)  conflict 
B)  functionalist 
C)  symbolic Interactionist 
D)  postmodern

Question 19

A campus in central Canada has a lot of snow during the winter,and the wheelchair ramps don't get plowed.This makes it hard to Michael to get to class.How would Oliver (1990)characterize this?

Accepted Answer

A)  misunderstanding the limitations of the disabled 
B)  lack of accommodation 
C)  prejudice 
D)  disability oppression 
A)  misunderstanding the limitations of the disabled 
B)  lack of accommodation 
C)  prejudice 
D)  disability oppression

Question 20

From a sociological perspective,what do many of the diseases affecting Indigenous peoples result from?

Accepted Answer

A)  inequitable conditions in their communities 
B)  bad choices as adolescents 
C)  high-risk lifestyles 
D)  heredity 
A)  inequitable conditions in their communities 
B)  bad choices as adolescents 
C)  high-risk lifestyles 
D)  heredity

Exam 15: Families and Intimate Relationships

To what does the text attribute reductions in female mortality?

The average life expectancy in Japan is the same as in Canada.

Which of the following is NOT included as a colonial action that continues to affect Indigenous communities?

How does the text define healthcare?

Irene has Crohn's disease.She is currently taking five university courses and working part-time.When she has a bout of her illness,she calls in sick for work and stays home from school.To what extent does Irene conform to the sick role?

Define healthcare,medicine,and preventive health.Describe the relationships among these sociological concepts.

Critics of the sick role use examples such as children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)or the health impact of poverty to highlight which flaw in the concept?

Which term refers to a sudden significant increase in the numbers of people contracting a disease?

What percentage of Canada's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)is spent on healthcare?

During the 1950s,Canada had a user-pay healthcare system.

According to Freidson,the definition of disability and expectations for people who have a disability are socially constructed factors.

AIDS affects self-definition,relations with others,one's own behaviour,and social and political issues.How does Grant (1993)perceive AIDS?

Kathy is writing about health from a postmodern perspective.Which statement best illustrates her views?

Feminist scholars argue that most medical research focuses on males.

Nonmedical factors such as outlook,isolation,retirement,and death of a family member have all been found to affect health.Which approach to healthcare makes these visible?

The Journal of the American Heart Association looked at whether people who have high levels of despair were more or less likely to develop atherosclerosis than optimists.What did they find about people who have high levels of despair?

Tabitha argues that illness creates instability in the social system.Which theoretical perspective is Tabitha using?

A campus in central Canada has a lot of snow during the winter,and the wheelchair ramps don't get plowed.This makes it hard to Michael to get to class.How would Oliver (1990)characterize this?

From a sociological perspective,what do many of the diseases affecting Indigenous peoples result from?

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