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Sociology of Health and Illness
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1An Ontario-based study found that people placed little faith in health information delivered by celebrity sources such as Dr. Oz.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2The Hippocratic Corpus written by the Ancient Greeks makes reference to the social determinants of health.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3The primary purpose of research in the field of sociology of medicine is to generate applied knowledge that can improve health outcomes.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4The units of analysis for sociology of medicine are society and social structure.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Google and the US Centre for Disease control are developing a means of detecting flu outbreaks by tracking online search queries.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6There is a Canadian Society for the Sociology of Health.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7The older we get, the more likely we are to have to deal with chronic conditions such as arthritis.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8We have a very limited understanding of what makes us sick but know a great deal about what keeps us well.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9the meaning of good health is socially constructed.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10The origins of thinking sociologically about health emerged in the 1950s.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11A social constructionist believes that reality is creatively shaped by people through ________.
- Asocial interaction
- Bcritical thinking
- Cpeople constructing new ideas together
- DBoth critical thinking & people constructing new ideas together
12Traditionally, medical sociology did not focus on ________.
- Athe distribution of disease
- Bself-care behaviour
- Cthe organization of formal medical services
- Dthe role of medical practitioners and hospitals in caring for the sick
13Hypertension is commonly diagnosed using ________.
- Apatients self-reported symptoms of tension
- Bsurveys measuring self-perceived stress
- Ctechnological instruments such as a sphygmomanometer
- DAll of these
14In the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, international experts chose to define health as a resource for everyday life, not ________.
- Aa resource for working
- Bthe objective of living
- Ca constant burden in life
- Dthe subject of living
15The degree to which we focus on our health is termed ________.
- Ahealth consciousness
- Bhealth promotion
- Clifestyle
- Dmedical consumerism
16The decline in infectious diseases that has occurred over the past century is the result of ________.
- Aaccess to safe drinking water
- Bvaccines
- Cantibiotics
- DAll of these
17Studies have shown that people who are ________ are more likely to consult online health-information sources.
- Ayounger
- Bmore educated
- Chigh-income earners
- DAll of these
18The official journal of the Medical Sociology Section of the ASA is entitled ___________.
- AThe Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- BThe Journal of Medical Sociology
- CThe Journal of American Medical Sociology
- DAmerican Medical Sociological Review
19The transition from medical sociology to health sociology means a shift in research focus away from ________.
- Amedicine
- Bindividuals
- Cself-health management
- Dpatient illness behaviour
20The subfield of sociology that emphasizes the importance of self-health management is ________.
- Asociology in medicine
- Bsociology of medicine
- Chealth sociology
- DNone of these
21The basic assumption of the symbolic interactionist paradigm is that we need to understand ________.
- Athe individual's social construction of reality and definition of the situation to be able to understand behaviour
- Bwhat resources competing groups are fighting over to understand how to promote positive social change
- Chow we see the behaviour of others in order to act according to our own assumptions
- Dthat women occupy a subordinate position within society
22The term for the embodiment of social location and culture within human bodies is ________.
- Asocio-economic status
- Bpersonality
- Chabitus
- Dbody image
23Androcentric thinking can be defined as ________.
- Athe privileging of the feminine perspective when trying to understand social life
- Bthe privileging of mainstream medical technology when trying to promote health and well-ness
- Cthe privileging of an androgynous perspective when trying to understand social life
- Dthe privileging of the masculine perspective when trying to understand social life
24The idea that illness is the consequence of the social structural organization of capitalist socie-ty is a central focus of the ________ paradigm.
- Asymbolic interactionist
- Bstructural functionalist
- Cconflict
- Dlife course
25The structural functionalist paradigm draws upon the classical work of ________.
- AMary Wollstonecraft
- BMax Weber
- CEmile Durkheim
- DErving Goffman
26The basic assumption of the structural functionalist paradigm is that ________.
- Apeople construct the reality of their lives in society through interactions with others
- Bhuman behaviour is guided by social structure or relatively stable patterns of behaviour that we learn from our society's culture
- Crather than promoting the stable operation of society as a whole, capitalist social structure benefits some people while depriving others
- Dpatriarchy is a form of social organization in which men dominate women, exercising power in its many different forms (i.e., social, economic, political) over women's lives
27Work by _________ explains how the medical profession gained the legitimate autonomy necessary to be able to exert power over the health-care system through a complex and lengthy process of political negotiation and public persuasion.
- AKarl Marx
- BTalcott Parsons
- CEliot Freidson
- DEliza Doolittle
28A research study that asks participants how they define and experience health is best classified under the ________ paradigm of sociological research.
- Alife course
- Bfeminist
- Csymbolic interactionist
- Dstructural functionalist
29Segall's (1988) study of people in Winnipeg found that those who believe that the sick person is entitled to role release and dependency tend to be ________.
- Aolder adults who are retired and enjoy a higher socioeconomic status
- Blower-income, single, working mothers
- Cyounger single men with low educational attainment
- Dyounger respondents who are gainfully employed and enjoy a higher socioeconomic status
30The conflict paradigm highlights ________.
- Athe possibility of societal change stemming from the ongoing power struggles between different groups
- Bthat societal change can often have devastating consequences for social stability
- Cthat understanding human behaviour should be the only goal of sociologists
- DNone of these
31The structural functionalist paradigm views society as a harmonious social system made up of institutions that function to maintain order and stability.
- ATrue
- BFalse
32According to a life course perspective, people experience social structures such as class, gender and ethnicity differently depending on their age.
- ATrue
- BFalse
33Health sociologists influenced by the feminist paradigm show that differences in women's and men's health can be explained solely by biological sex differences.
- ATrue
- BFalse
34A major theme in feminist analyses of health has been the medicalization of women's lives.
- ATrue
- BFalse
35Bourdieu, working in the sociology of the body paradigm, maintains that humans objectively experience social circumstances and rationally decide on their behaviour.
- ATrue
- BFalse
36Symbolic interactionism is associated with an empirical approach to studying human behaviour and sociologists guided by this paradigm rely on survey research and statistical data.
- ATrue
- BFalse
37The conflict paradigm understands health and illness as individual constructs because the sick individual determines what counts as disease.
- ATrue
- BFalse
38Cohen's research on the common cold showed that independent of previous immunity, gender, age, ethnicity, body mass, virus type and month of exposure, participants whose parents owned their own homes were less likely to contract a cold when exposed.
- ATrue
- BFalse
39One of the duties of Parsons' sick role model is to accept responsibility for being ill.
- ATrue
- BFalse
40Social medicine argues that the most effective way to make people healthy is to improve the interpersonal relationships of members of society.
- ATrue
- BFalse
41Population health surveys provide significant insight into the subjective meaning of good health.
- ATrue
- BFalse
42In 2009, overall life expectancy at birth for Canadians surpassed 85 years.
- ATrue
- BFalse
43The primary focus of sociological analysis is on the subjective experience of illness.
- ATrue
- BFalse
44In a salutogenic model, salutary factors may be identified at both the individual and community levels.
- ATrue
- BFalse
45Disease is a subjective psychosocial phenomenon in which individuals perceive themselves as not feeling well and engage in different types of behaviour in an effort to overcome their ill health.
- ATrue
- BFalse
46Smoking status can be considered a direct measure of health status.
- ATrue
- BFalse
47If a researcher believes that health is an objective state of being, they are likely to rely on qualitative research methods.
- ATrue
- BFalse
48Global measures of health tend to underestimate the health of the population.
- ATrue
- BFalse
49The meaning of good health is socially constructed and varies across cultures and social groups.
- ATrue
- BFalse
50A population health approach recognizes that social and economic factors are the only important determinants of health.
- ATrue
- BFalse
51One of the measures of wellness and good health is ________.
- Amorbidity
- Bmortality
- Csense of coherence
- Dcomplex indicators of sickness
52An indicator of illness that cannot be objectively measured is ________.
- Ablood pressure
- Bweight
- CPain
- DBrain wave activity
53In the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey, ________ % of respondents perceived themselves to be in either excellent or very good health.
- A20
- B40
- C60
- D80
54Self-rated health measures ________.
- Aare good predictors of mortality
- Bare unable to accurately predict mortality
- Creveal that being in good health has the same meaning across Canada
- Drarely correlate to more objective health indicators, like physical functioning
55In 2011, the average infant mortality rate in Canada was ________.
- A100 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births
- B4.8 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births
- C0.1 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births
- D291 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births
56Measuring personal health can include ________.
- Adiagnostic tests such as a CT Scan
- Bidentifying the infant mortality rate of a population
- Cknowing the life expectancy of a population
- Dobtaining a disability adjusted life expectancy for a population
57According to a health sociology perspective, good health consists of ________.
- Afeelings of well-being
- Bsocial levels of functioning
- Cadequate physical performance
- Dall of the above
58In the National Population Health Survey, chronic disease is defined as ________.
- Aa long-term physical health problem that lasts more than six months and has been diagnosed by a health professional
- Ba short- or long-term health problem that interferes with performing normal social roles
- Cexperiencing long-term symptoms, such as pain, that last more than six months
- Da short-term health problem that is curable with medication
59Health expectancy at birth ________.
- Ais shorter for all Canadians than life expectancy
- Btakes into account only quantitative factors, such as number of years lived
- Cis longer than the average life expectancy
- Dtakes into account only qualitative factors, such as quality of life enjoyed in the years added to the lifespan
60Self-rated health is strongly associated with ________.
- Adisability
- Binaccurate health statistics
- Cunreliable survey data
- DNone of these
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