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