soc 341 final

Parsons concept of sick role seems to typically apply only to ------ diseases

Acute

Which of the following description is/are correct about the theory of fundamental cause of disease

All of the above

What of the following is/are stressor

All of these choices

Which of the following description is/are correct about the life course perspective on health/illness

All of these choices

Which of the following are more prevalent among upper and middle classes

Anxiety and mood disorders

The ----- hypothesis asserts that blacks are more prone to pyelonephritis and syphilis that may result in secondary hypertension

Associated disorder

According to the karasek demand-control job strain model when ones control over his work is low and the work demand is high

High strain

A researcher is interested in reporting how may people in a community were diagnosed with HIV during the past month. he/she would measure the

Incidence

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

Income

------ refers to the choices that people have in the lifestyles they wish to adopt

Life conduct

Several studies in britain with it's universal health care have shown that the equalization of health care alone has ------ the disparity in health between social classes

Not reduced

Today women outlive men roughly by how many years

4-5 years

The germ theory of disease is a perspective which asserts

Diseases are caused by a biological agent

Which of the following theories argues that suicide rates vary because of differences in the degree of social solitary in different groups

Durkheim

Which component of social class is consistently strongest single predictor of good health

Education

According to durkeims theory on suicide which type of suicide occurs when one is not well integrated into a social group/society

Egoistic

What is homeostasis

Physiological adaptation

National health service or socialized medicine is a system of healthcare delivery

Purchases by the government

Studies find that the strongest and most consistent predictor of a persons health and life expectancy is

Social class

With the transition to a greater prevalence of chronic diseases, physicians have increasingly had to take which approach to medical care

Whole person care