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Kendall: Social Problems in a Diverse Society, 4/e

Chapter 10

Multiple Choice questions

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Which of the following statements is least accurate regarding the concept of health?

Physical illness can cause emotional problems. Americans spend over one trillion dollars a year on health care. Health is a social issue and well as a physical and mental issue. Because of the extent of the health care system in the U.S., Americans have the longest life expectancy among high-income nations.

Americans born in 2003 will live, on the average, until they are 77 compared to living only 43 years if born in 1900. The average length of one's life in these two cases is referred to as ____________.

morbidity rate the life spanlife expectancymortality differential

Which of the following conditions does not qualify as an acute disease?

measles arthritisinfluenza chicken pox

The combination of physical and mental conditions that compound each other and undermine an individual's overall well-being is called _____________.

disability acute physiological illnesschronic incapacitation comorbidity

A disability that medical professionals define as being caused by a problem entirely within the body is called a[n] _____________.

psychosomatic diseaseacute morbidity syndromepathopanogenic injuryorganically based impairment

A restricted or total lack of ability to support certain activities as a result of physical limitations or the interplay of these limitations, social responses, and the social environment is referred to as ____________.

disabilitymorbiditychronic disease acute disease

According to the World Health Organization, over 75 percent of the people infected with AIDS worldwide became infected through ____________.

blood transfusions homosexual activityheterosexual intercourse sharing dirty needles

The two drugs that appear to have the most success in treating HIV from becoming full-blown AIDS are __ and _.

Ritalin; Prozac penicillin; morphineAZT; protease inhibitors codeine; amoxicillin

Medical professionals classify a condition that makes it difficult or impossible for a person to cope with everyday life as a[n] ____________.

psychosomatic disease mental illness mental disorderpsychopanogenic disease

The sociologist who addressed the total institution, their characteristics, and purpose was ____________.

Erving Goffman Edwin Sutherland Robert Merton Talcott Parsons

With the development of drugs to effectively treat mental illness outside the hospital setting many patients who were once hospitalized are now released into the community. This process is referred to as _____________.

total institutionalization deinstitutionalization the medicalization of mental illnessthe comorbidity of mental illness

Jacob is currently in a facility for mental health treatment where he is isolated from others, wears a hospital uniform, and follows a strict regimen of activities, meals, sleep schedule, and treatment. In view of this, which statement best summarizes Jacob's situation.

Jacob has been afflicted with an acute mental illness. Jacob in chronically mentally ill. Jacob is going through a process called deinstitutionalization. Jacob is suffering from a psycho-social disorder.

The primary method social workers, the police, and judges deal with individuals who they believe are a threat to themselves and others because of a perceived mental illness is ____________.

voluntary commitment referral by a spouse, friend, or coworkerinvoluntary commitment physician referral

What is the relationship between the rate of mental disorders and one's socio-economic status?

As one' socio-economic status increases, the chance of suffering from a mental disorder decreases. There is no relationship between one's socio-economic status and their likelihood of suffering a mental disorder. As one's socio-economic status increases, so does one' chance of suffering from a mental disorder. Socio-economic status and the probability of suffering a mental illness are unrelated.

The only two high-income nations that do not have some form of universal health coverage for all citizens are and _.

Sweden; Great Britain United States; Union of South AfricaCanada; Union of South AfricaUnited States; Great Britain

Blue Cross/Blue Shield and other health insurance programs that pay a doctor working out of his or her own office on a fee-for-service basis for treatment they provide to insured patients are called ____________.

health maintenance organizations individualized managed caresocialized medicine preferred provider organizations

The largest single medical insurance program in the United States is ____________.

Medicaid Blue Cross/Blue ShieldMedicare Health-Select Inc.

Approximately _ million people in the United States have no health insurance with about _ of these being children.

75; one-third 60; three-fourth 45; one-fourth25; one-half

The study on the state of medical education in the United States commissioned by the American Medical Association and Carnegie Foundation in 1910 was called the ____________.

Warren Report Flexner Report Walker Commission Meese Commission

The sociological perspective that views illness as a threat to a smoothly functioning society because it is necessary for all people to fill their appropriate social roles is the ____________ perspective.

neo-conflict symbolic interactionistconflict functionalist

The sociologist who studied the sick role and identified four role expectations associated with it was _____________.

Talcott ParsonsMichael Burawoy Robert Merton Edwin Sutherland

The United States President who proposed a vast restructuring of the health care system to be phased in over several years was ____________.

George W. Bush Ronald Reagan George Herbert Walker BushWilliam Jefferson Clinton

The sociological perspective that views medicine as a commodity that is produced and sold by the medical-industrial complex is the ____________ perspective.

symbolic interactionist structuralistfunctionalistconflict

Theorists who embrace the notion that only when race, class, and gender-based inequalities in society are reduced will inequalities in health care be reduced are called _____________theorists.

functional conflict radical conflict conservative conflict liberal conflict

The sociological perspective that emphasizes how members of society socially construct the definitions of "health" and "illness" and how both should be treated is the ____________ perspective.

conflictfunctionalist symbolic interactionist structuralist

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Multiple Choice questions

Which of the following statements is least accurate regarding the concept of health?

Americans born in 2003 will live, on the average, until they are 77 compared to living only 43 years if born in 1900. The average length of one's life in these two cases is referred to as ____________.

Which of the following conditions does not qualify as an acute disease?

The combination of physical and mental conditions that compound each other and undermine an individual's overall well-being is called _____________.

A disability that medical professionals define as being caused by a problem entirely within the body is called a[n] _____________.

A restricted or total lack of ability to support certain activities as a result of physical limitations or the interplay of these limitations, social responses, and the social environment is referred to as ____________.

According to the World Health Organization, over 75 percent of the people infected with AIDS worldwide became infected through ____________.

The two drugs that appear to have the most success in treating HIV from becoming full-blown AIDS are ____________ and ___________.

Medical professionals classify a condition that makes it difficult or impossible for a person to cope with everyday life as a[n] ____________.

The sociologist who addressed the total institution, their characteristics, and purpose was ____________.

With the development of drugs to effectively treat mental illness outside the hospital setting many patients who were once hospitalized are now released into the community. This process is referred to as _____________.

Jacob is currently in a facility for mental health treatment where he is isolated from others, wears a hospital uniform, and follows a strict regimen of activities, meals, sleep schedule, and treatment. In view of this, which statement best summarizes Jacob's situation.

The primary method social workers, the police, and judges deal with individuals who they believe are a threat to themselves and others because of a perceived mental illness is ____________.

What is the relationship between the rate of mental disorders and one's socio-economic status?

The only two high-income nations that do not have some form of universal health coverage for all citizens are ____________ and _____________.

Blue Cross/Blue Shield and other health insurance programs that pay a doctor working out of his or her own office on a fee-for-service basis for treatment they provide to insured patients are called ____________.

The largest single medical insurance program in the United States is ____________.

Approximately _____ million people in the United States have no health insurance with about _____ of these being children.

The study on the state of medical education in the United States commissioned by the American Medical Association and Carnegie Foundation in 1910 was called the ____________.

The sociological perspective that views illness as a threat to a smoothly functioning society because it is necessary for all people to fill their appropriate social roles is the ____________ perspective.

The sociologist who studied the sick role and identified four role expectations associated with it was _____________.

The United States President who proposed a vast restructuring of the health care system to be phased in over several years was ____________.

The sociological perspective that views medicine as a commodity that is produced and sold by the medical-industrial complex is the ____________ perspective.

Theorists who embrace the notion that only when race, class, and gender-based inequalities in society are reduced will inequalities in health care be reduced are called _____________theorists.

The sociological perspective that emphasizes how members of society socially construct the definitions of "health" and "illness" and how both should be treated is the ____________ perspective.

The two drugs that appear to have the most success in treating HIV from becoming full-blown AIDS are __ and _.

The only two high-income nations that do not have some form of universal health coverage for all citizens are and _.

Approximately _ million people in the United States have no health insurance with about _ of these being children.