Question 1

In the United States, people with higher incomes have a more positive assessment of their personal health than people with low incomes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In which region of the United States is the problem of obesity most widespread?

Accepted Answer

A) the West Coast 
B) the Southwest 
C) the South 
D) the Northern Plains 
A) the West Coast 
B) the Southwest 
C) the South 
D) the Northern Plains

Question 3

What do we know about the problem of obesity in the United States that shows this to be a social and cultural issue?

Accepted Answer

The problem of obesity in the United Sta

Question 4

Social epidemiology is the study of how health and disease are distributed throughout a society's population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Heterosexual sex cannot transmit AIDS.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In the world's poorest nations today, life expectancy is as low as about

Accepted Answer

A) fifty years. 
B) sixty years. 
C) seventy years. 
D) eighty years. 
A) fifty years. 
B) sixty years. 
C) seventy years. 
D) eighty years.

Question 7

Gonorrhea and syphilis can be cured with penicillin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which sexually transmitted disease infects 24 million U.S.adults

Accepted Answer

A) syphilis 
B) genital herpes 
C) gonorrhea 
D) AIDS 
A) syphilis 
B) genital herpes 
C) gonorrhea 
D) AIDS

Question 9

Research shows that college women believe

Accepted Answer

A) physical looks are less important than "what's inside." 
B) being thin is key to being attractive. 
C) they are thinner than men would like them to be. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) physical looks are less important than "what's inside." 
B) being thin is key to being attractive. 
C) they are thinner than men would like them to be. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 10

What is the contribution to understanding health and medicine made by each of sociology's three major theoretical approaches? Apply the structural-functional, symbolic-interaction, and social-conflict approaches in turn.Do they agree on any points?

Accepted Answer

The structural-functional approach in so

Question 11

What is social epidemiology? How can this field of study improve human health? Provide examples of what we can learn from this field of study.

Accepted Answer

Social epidemiology is the study of how

Question 12

Diseases such as heart disease and cancer are the leading killers in low-income nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In Western Europe and North America, scientists began to understand the causes of infectious diseases at about what point in history?

Accepted Answer

A) 1650 
B) 1750 
C) 1850 
D) 1950 
A) 1650 
B) 1750 
C) 1850 
D) 1950

Question 14

In his structural-functional analysis, Talcott Parsons claimed that society responds to illness by

Accepted Answer

A) punishing ill people. 
B) withholding treatment to those who need it most. 
C) using the "sick role" to relieve ill people of many daily responsibilities. 
D) forcing people, sick or not, to perform important work. 
A) punishing ill people. 
B) withholding treatment to those who need it most. 
C) using the "sick role" to relieve ill people of many daily responsibilities. 
D) forcing people, sick or not, to perform important work.

Question 15

Discuss the "right to die" debate.How has modern technology created this debate in the first place? What are the arguments for legal euthanasia? What are the arguments against it? Which side do you find more convincing? Why?

Accepted Answer

The "right to die" debate revolves aroun

Question 16

Which of the following factors has a strong link to life expectancy?

Accepted Answer

A) race 
B) gender 
C) social class 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) race 
B) gender 
C) social class 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 17

Which of the following is considered a behavior placing people at high risk of HIV infection?

Accepted Answer

A) anal sex 
B) sharing needles 
C) using drugs that impair judgment 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) anal sex 
B) sharing needles 
C) using drugs that impair judgment 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 18

The greatest preventable cause of death in the United States is

Accepted Answer

A) sexually transmitted diseases. 
B) automobile accidents. 
C) cigarette smoking. 
D) drinking alcohol. 
A) sexually transmitted diseases. 
B) automobile accidents. 
C) cigarette smoking. 
D) drinking alcohol.

Question 19

Following the social-conflict approach, patterns of health and illness are seen largely as a product of

Accepted Answer

A) technology. 
B) how people define the situation they experience. 
C) how culture defines health and illness. 
D) social inequality. 
A) technology. 
B) how people define the situation they experience. 
C) how culture defines health and illness. 
D) social inequality.

Question 20

Why is cigarette smoking a major health problem in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Cigarette smoking is a major health prob

Exam 21: Health and Medicine

In the United States, people with higher incomes have a more positive assessment of their personal health than people with low incomes.

In which region of the United States is the problem of obesity most widespread?

What do we know about the problem of obesity in the United States that shows this to be a social and cultural issue?

Social epidemiology is the study of how health and disease are distributed throughout a society's population.

Heterosexual sex cannot transmit AIDS.

In the world's poorest nations today, life expectancy is as low as about

Gonorrhea and syphilis can be cured with penicillin.

Which sexually transmitted disease infects 24 million U.S.adults

Research shows that college women believe

What is the contribution to understanding health and medicine made by each of sociology's three major theoretical approaches? Apply the structural-functional, symbolic-interaction, and social-conflict approaches in turn.Do they agree on any points?

What is social epidemiology? How can this field of study improve human health? Provide examples of what we can learn from this field of study.

Diseases such as heart disease and cancer are the leading killers in low-income nations.

In Western Europe and North America, scientists began to understand the causes of infectious diseases at about what point in history?

In his structural-functional analysis, Talcott Parsons claimed that society responds to illness by

Discuss the "right to die" debate.How has modern technology created this debate in the first place? What are the arguments for legal euthanasia? What are the arguments against it? Which side do you find more convincing? Why?

Which of the following factors has a strong link to life expectancy?

Which of the following is considered a behavior placing people at high risk of HIV infection?

The greatest preventable cause of death in the United States is

Following the social-conflict approach, patterns of health and illness are seen largely as a product of

Why is cigarette smoking a major health problem in the United States?

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