Sociology 341 Final
Which hypothesis asserts that blacks are more prone to diseases such as pyelonephritis and syphilis that may result in secondary hypertension
A: Associated disorder
According to Durkhams theory on suicide which type of suicide occurs when one is not well integrated into a social/ group/society in general?
A: Egoistic
The germ theory of disease is a perspective which asserts:
A: diseases are caused by a biological agent
National health services or socialized medicine is a system of health care delivery?
A: purchased by the government
A researcher is interested in reporting how many people in a community were diagnosed with HIV during the past month. He/She would measure the
A:Incidents
Which of the following are more prevalent among upper and middle classes?
B: Anxiety and mood disorders
Which component of social class is consistently the strongest single predictor of good health:
B: Education
Persons concept of the sick role seems to typically apply only to ______________ diseases?
B: acute
_____ refers to the choices that people have in the lifestyles they with to adopt?
B: life conduct
Several studies in Britain, with its universal health care, have shown that the equalization of health care alone has ______ the disparity in health between social classes.
B: not reduced
What is homeostasis?
B: physiological adaptation
Which of the following theoriest argues that suicide rates vary because of the differences in the
B:Durkcan
According to the Karasek demand control, when ones control over his /her work is low and the work demand is high, then one has a
HIgh Strain
Today, women outlive men roughly by how many years?
C: 4-5
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.
C: income
With the transition to a greater prevalence of chronic diseases, physicians have increasingly had to take which approach to medical care?
C:Whole person care
Several studies find that the strongest and most consistent predictor of a person's health and life expectancy is:
D: Social Class
What of the following is/are stressors?
D: all of these choices
Which of the following description is/are correct about the life course perspective on health/illness?
E: All of these choices
which of the following descriptions/is/are correct about the theory of fundamental cause of disease?
E: all of the above