Choose the best answer for each multiple choice question. Usually, multiple choice questions include two or more answers that might appear to be correct but there is always one best answer.
1. What is the function of medicine?
A. Control health and illness
B. Sick role
C. Gatekeepers
D. Equilibrium
2. This is not a characteristic of the sick role:
A. Sick person cooperates with physician
B. Sick person is not responsible for condition
C. Sick person is responsible for condition
D. Sick person is exempt from normal social roles
3. Culturally bound conditions are most likely studied by:
A. Conflict sociologists
B. Symbolic interactionists
C. Functionalist sociologists
D. Feminist sociologists
4. Jenny is afraid that her co-workers will find out she takes medication for depression. Jenny is attempting to prevent being:
A. Medicalized
B. Stigmatized
C. Depersonalized
D. Harassed
5. Conflict sociologists view medicine as a:
A. Two tiered system
B. Stigmatized
C. Medicalized
D. Functional
6. This is not one of the measures of social inequality when studying health and illness in society:
A. Infant mortality
B. Life expectancy
C. Access to healthcare
D. Arrest rates
7. This is not one of the reasons often cited for the high cost of healthcare in the United States:
A. Malpractice
B. Uninsured
C. Obesity
D. All of these
8. One of the reasons that can be attributed to de-personalization of medicine is:
A. There is a physician shortage
B. Healthcare costs have decreased
C. Americans do not like to spend too much time at the doctor's office
D. The overuse of medications to treat a wide variety of medical conditons
9. The use of medical marijuana is an example of
A. Depersonalization of medicine
B. Medicalization of society
C. Stigma
D. Sick role
10. The number of states in which the rate of obesity is below 20% of the population:
A. 10
B. 5
C. 2
D. 0
Answers: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. D
Extra Credit Critical Thinking Question
How are health and illness behaviors related to what we learned in class about the hidden curriculum (education lecture)?
Answer
Lower class children are more likely taught to obey authority figures, while upper and upper middle class children are taught they can challenge authority figures. Consequently, upper and upper middle class adults may be more likely to ask questions of medical professionals and seek second medical opinions when compared to lower class adults.
Scoring Guide:
10-9: Excellent
8-7: Very Good
6-5: You need more practice
4 and below: You need to re-read the text more carefully.
A. Control health and illness
B. Sick role
C. Gatekeepers
D. Equilibrium
2. This is not a characteristic of the sick role:
A. Sick person cooperates with physician
B. Sick person is not responsible for condition
C. Sick person is responsible for condition
D. Sick person is exempt from normal social roles
3. Culturally bound conditions are most likely studied by:
A. Conflict sociologists
B. Symbolic interactionists
C. Functionalist sociologists
D. Feminist sociologists
4. Jenny is afraid that her co-workers will find out she takes medication for depression. Jenny is attempting to prevent being:
A. Medicalized
B. Stigmatized
C. Depersonalized
D. Harassed
5. Conflict sociologists view medicine as a:
A. Two tiered system
B. Stigmatized
C. Medicalized
D. Functional
6. This is not one of the measures of social inequality when studying health and illness in society:
A. Infant mortality
B. Life expectancy
C. Access to healthcare
D. Arrest rates
7. This is not one of the reasons often cited for the high cost of healthcare in the United States:
A. Malpractice
B. Uninsured
C. Obesity
D. All of these
8. One of the reasons that can be attributed to de-personalization of medicine is:
A. There is a physician shortage
B. Healthcare costs have decreased
C. Americans do not like to spend too much time at the doctor's office
D. The overuse of medications to treat a wide variety of medical conditons
9. The use of medical marijuana is an example of
A. Depersonalization of medicine
B. Medicalization of society
C. Stigma
D. Sick role
10. The number of states in which the rate of obesity is below 20% of the population:
A. 10
B. 5
C. 2
D. 0
Answers: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. D
Extra Credit Critical Thinking Question
How are health and illness behaviors related to what we learned in class about the hidden curriculum (education lecture)?
Answer
Lower class children are more likely taught to obey authority figures, while upper and upper middle class children are taught they can challenge authority figures. Consequently, upper and upper middle class adults may be more likely to ask questions of medical professionals and seek second medical opinions when compared to lower class adults.
Scoring Guide:
10-9: Excellent
8-7: Very Good
6-5: You need more practice
4 and below: You need to re-read the text more carefully.