Question 1

Todd suffers from chronic back pain. Mostly he just tries to grin and bear it, but at times the pain is so debilitating that he takes strong painkillers just to be able to get out of bed in the morning. What type of work, as defined by Corbin and Strauss, is Todd incorporating?

Accepted Answer

A)   illness work
B)   coping work
C)   everyday work
D)   adapting work

Question 2

One of the major barriers to the treatment of the HIV and AIDS epidemic worldwide is:

Accepted Answer

A)   the increasing number of intravenous drug users.
B)   the increasing percentage of homosexuals who practice unsafe sex.
C)   the increasing percentage of heterosexuals who practice unsafe sex.
D)   discrimination against people living with these infections.

Question 3

The twentieth century witnessed which of the following trends in industrialized societies?

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A)   a significant increase in life expectancy
B)   a rise in infant mortality rates
C)   a decrease in standards of health and well-being
D)   the virtual elimination of health inequalities

Question 4

In a short paragraph, describe changes in sexual practices over the past two centuries.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Which of the following people would most likely practice alternative medicine?

Accepted Answer

A)   an oncologist
B)   a chiropractor
C)   a pediatrician
D)   a cardiologist

Question 6

A young woman is morbidly obese. She regularly has problems interacting with her family, friends, and strangers due to the stereotypes regarding her illness. She even lost a job once because she could no longer accept the degrading comments made by her coworkers. As something that is devalued and labeled by society as undesirable, what term would sociologists apply to her obesity?

Accepted Answer

A)   a disadvantage
B)   a stigma
C)   a dogma
D)   a sick role

Question 7

Bernard is studying an indigenous society where large body sizes are considered a sign of good health and lean bodies are considered a sign of weakness and poor health. Bernard is focusing his research on the way members of this society define health rather than focusing on a standardized medical measurement of health. Which sociological perspective is Bernard using?

Accepted Answer

A)   the functionalist perspective.
B)   the conflict perspective.
C)   complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) .
D)   the symbolic interactionist perspective.

Question 8

Which of the following questions would a symbolic interactionist most likely ask?

Accepted Answer

A)   Why do some humans become ill whereas others do not?
B)   How do people put themselves at risk of contracting illness?
C)   How does illness become lucrative business for pharmaceutical companies?
D)   What does the way we define illness tell us about healthy practices?

Question 9

How do some sociologists explain the fact that although Hispanics in the United States have fewer socioeconomic resources than whites, studies have shown that their health-and especially the health of their infants-is just as good as, if not better than, that of whites?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hispanics have more genetic resistance to many diseases than whites.
B)   Whites are more socially cohesive than Hispanics.
C)   Studies of the health of Hispanics in the United States focus on those who successfully migrated and who may be in better health than those did not migrate.
D)   For cultural reasons, Hispanics are more devoted to healthy activities, such as playing sports, than whites.

Question 10

What is the term that sociologists use to refer to an aversion to or hatred of homosexuals?

Accepted Answer

A)   hate crime
B)   homosexual aversion
C)   sexual orientation discrimination
D)   homophobia

Question 11

According to the textbook, why are large areas of east Africa devoid of cattle today?

Accepted Answer

A)   Changes introduced by European intruders caused the spread of the tsetse fly, which carries illnesses that are fatal to both humans and livestock.
B)   The natives of the region practiced a scorched earth policy of defense against European intruders in which they slaughtered their own herds and burned down their own villages.
C)   European cattle farmers resented the cheap imports that flowed into the continent after colonization, and colonial administrators were pressured to destroy millions of animals owned by natives.
D)   African cattle transmitted diseases to Europeans that the native peoples had resistance to, and the subsequent substitution of European cattle breeds for African breeds proved unsuccessful.

Question 12

Alfred Kinsey's research, which began in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, was surprising because it revealed:

Accepted Answer

A)   the extent to which assumptions about the sexual activities of men and women had come to resemble each other.
B)   a tremendous discrepancy between prevailing public expectations of sexual behavior and actual sexual conduct.
C)   the homogeneity of sexual experience in the United States.
D)   a strong correlation between income and sexual attitudes.

Question 13

Miguel is a researcher who studies the ways people interpret the social world and the meanings they ascribe to it. He applies this approach to health and illness as a corrective to some of Talcott Parsons's work. What school of sociology mentioned in the textbook does he probably belong to?

Accepted Answer

A)   symbolic interactionist
B)   structuralist
C)   functionalist
D)   postmodernist

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How do some sociologists explain the fact that although Hispanics in the United States have fewer socioeconomic resources than whites, studies have shown that their health-and especially the health of their infants-is just as good as, if not better than, that of whites?

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Which of the following questions would a symbolic interactionist most likely ask?

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In a short paragraph, describe changes in sexual practices over the past two centuries.

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Alfred Kinsey's research, which began in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, was surprising because it revealed:

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What is the term that sociologists use to refer to an aversion to or hatred of homosexuals?

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