SOC 4353 Exam #1

One of the earliest attempts in the Western world to formulate principles of health care, based upon rational thought and the rejection of supernatural phenomena, is found in the work of the Greek physician: a) Hippocrates. b) Socrates. c) House. d) Aristotle.

A

The medicine of social spaces is concerned with: a) Curing disease. b) Preventing disease. c) Understanding disease. d) Cataloging disease.

B

What 1980 report in Great Britain dispelled the notion that social class differences were becoming less important because of the growth of state welfare services? a) Health in Britain. b) Disparities Report. c) Black Report. d) Whitehall Report

B

Compared to women, men usually have substantial health inferiority in terms of life expectancy because of the combination of two major effects: biological and ___________ effects. a) Physical exertion. b) Developmental. c) Social-psychological. d) Environmental.

C

New research is showing that the relationship between occupation, income, education, and health changes over the life course, with __________ becoming more important for health as a person moves toward older age. a) Occupation. b) Education. c) Income. d) All of the above.

C

The finding that even the upper middle class lives shorter than the uppermost class, and that every class lives longer than the one directly below it is evidence of what? a) Educational differences. b) Influence of deprivation. c) Social gradient in mortality. d) Social patterning of disease.

C

Changes in lifestyle patterns over the past decades has meant that coronary heart disease is now concentrated more among which group? a) Upper class. b) Upper-middle class. c) Middle class. d) Poor/lower class.

D

Suicide is a major health concern for which minority group? a) Non-Hispanic whites. b) Non-Hispanic blacks. c) Hispanics. d) American Indians/Alaskan Natives

D

What is the "intra-racial network effect?" a) It says that there is no difference in STDs across different racial groups. b) It discusses how health is improved by cross-cultural alliances and relationships. c) The IRNE is a theory, which says that Hispanics are more likely to have an STD due to their residence in enclaves. d) It suggests that segregation contributes to the high rate of STDs in the black population.

D

Which of the following is NOT a major area of investigation in medical sociology? a) Social facets of health and disease. b) Social behavior of health care personnel and their patients. c) Social functions of health organizations and institutions. d) All of the above answers are major areas of investigation in medical sociology

D