Deck 1: Theoretical Tools for a Sociological Analysis of Health and Health Care

Question 1

What is one of the difficulties encountered in deriving a clear definition of health?

A) People who have diagnosed chronic diseases can still consider themselves to be healthy.
B) Men are much more likely to rate themselves as being healthy compared to women.
C) Children are incapable of grasping the concept of health.
D) Health is a biomedical term that refers to the absence of a condition or disease.

Answer 1

People who have diagnosed chronic diseases can still consider themselves to be healthy.

Question 2

The concept of wellness is:

A) Synonymous with good health.
B) One component of good health.
C) More than good health.
D) The opposite of sickness.

Answer 2

More than good health.

Question 3

The various sociological paradigms models, theories) make implicit assumptions about the basic interaction between the genetic make-up of an individual and their society.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following is the most correct? [note: "<" means "less than"; ">" means "greater than"; "=" means "equal to"]

A) Absence of Disease < Good Health < Wellness
B) Absence of Disease = Good Health = Wellness
C) Absence of Disease > Good Health < Wellness
D) Absence of Disease = Good Health < Wellness

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the dominant issues in medical sociology identified in the textbook?

A) The study of the differential distribution of disease across different populations.
B) The study of the social institutions for treating disease.
C) The study of the interaction between genetics and social factors in the etiology of illness.
D) The study of the social patterning of illness and health care seeking behaviour.

Question 6

Which of the following is one of the key components of structural functionalism?

A) Consensus
B) Conflict
C) Interaction
D) Relativism

Question 7

The school of thought that believes that it is impossible to grasp the existence of social reality independently of the subjective influence of the observant and/or researcher is the philosophical basis for which social perspective?

A) Structural functionalism
B) Materialism
C) Feminism
D) Postmodernism

Question 8

Which following factor initially led to the development of medical sociology?

A) The epidemiological transition i.e., changes in disease patterns in the population).
B) The fact that medical schools made the study of social sciences mandatory during the first half of the 20th century.
C) Increasing awareness by physicians of the importance of social inequality in the etiology of illness and disease.
D) The discovery of miracle cures for diseases such as leprosy that could not be attributed to medical science.

Question 9

According to the text, which of the following is NOT part of the concept of wellness?

A) Being healthy
B) Having no disease
C) Life satisfaction
D) All of these are part of the concept of wellness

Question 10

The definition of health by Rootman and Raeburn 1994) does NOT include which of the following components?

A) Environmental
B) Cultural
C) Lifestyle
D) Disease

Question 11

Which of the following statements is the most correct?

A) Sickness is to illness as health is to wellness.
B) Sickness is to illness as disease is to wellness.
C) Wellness is to sickness as health is to disease.
D) Wellness is to health as health is to disease.

Question 12

One cannot be both healthy and have a chronic disease.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a macro-level theory?

A) Materialism
B) Feminism
C) Postcolonialism
D) Postmodernism

Question 14

Which of the following is a central critique of the definition of health by the World Health Organization in the 1986 Ottawa Charter?

A) It is too idealistic.
B) Its inability to account for social aspects of health.
C) Its refusal to acknowledge a physical component of health.
D) It is too vague to be of any value.

Question 15

According to your textbook, which of the following dimensions is NOT a part of well-being?

A) Fitness
B) Sense of healthiness
C) Absence of disease
D) Life satisfaction

Question 16

Positivism, the philosophical basis for structural functionalism is based on:

A) The school of thought that sees social life as only comprehensible through understanding the meaning that people attach to it.
B) The school of thought that perceives that social reality is constructed by individuals and that their experiences are shaped by social structure.
C) The school of thought that believes that it is impossible to grasp the existence of social reality independently of the subjective influence of the observant and/or researcher.
D) The school of thought that the study of society that relies specifically on scientific evidence, such as experiments and statistics, to reveal a true nature of how society operates.

Question 17

The school of thought that perceives that the social reality exists independently from individuals and that their experiences are shaped by social structure is the philosophical basis for which social perspective?

A) Structural functionalism
B) Materialism
C) Symbolic interactionism
D) Postmodernism

Question 18

According to the text, which of the following statements about illness, disease, and sickness is ?

A) One can have both the disease and the sickness but not the illness.
B) One can have both the illness and the sickness but not the disease.
C) One can have both the disease and the illness but not the sickness.
D) One can have the disease, the illness, and the sickness.

Question 19

A social role, as a key concept for structural functionalism to understand how individuals participate within a society, is:

A) A behaviour pattern that one continuously exhibits across all contexts of one's life.
B) A behaviour pattern attached to a specific social position.
C) A pattern of behaviour that provides others with a chance to intercede to assess the sincerity of a social position.
D) A pattern of how one behaves when sick.

Question 20

According to the text, the difference between having a disease and having a sickness is having knowledge of the disease.

Question 21

Which of the following is one of the key components of postmodernism?

A) Consensus
B) Conflict
C) Interaction
D) Relativism

Question 22

Patriarchy is a key component in which social theory of health?

A) Structural functionalism
B) Materialism
C) Feminism
D) Postmodernism

Question 23

Which of the following is one of the key components of Feminism?

A) Consensus
B) Conflict
C) Interaction
D) Relativism

Question 24

Purposeful and meaningful action by the individual is a key component in which social theory of health?

A) Structural functionalism
B) Materialism
C) Symbolic interactionism
D) Postmodernism

Question 25

The authority of physicians to validate an illness as legitimate to avoid fulfilling one's responsibilities is a component of which theoretical perspective?

A) Materialism
B) Feminism
C) Antiracism
D) Structural functionalism
E) Symbolic interactionism

Question 26

The defining of some health behaviours as bad and stigmatizing people who engage in these behaviours is a component of which theoretical perspective?

A) Materialism
B) Feminism
C) Antiracism
D) Structural functionalism
E) Symbolic interactionism

Question 27

Power is a key component in which social theory of health?

A) Structural functionalism
B) Materialism
C) Symbolic interactionism
D) Postmodernism

Question 28

The ability to fulfill one's social roles is a component of which theoretical perspective?

A) Materialism
B) Feminism
C) Antiracism
D) Structural functionalism
E) Symbolic interactionism

Question 29

The social role is a key component in which social theory of health?

A) Structural functionalism
B) Materialism
C) Symbolic interactionism
D) Postmodernism

Question 30

Cultural is a key component in which social theory of health?

A) Structural functionalism
B) Materialism
C) Symbolic iInteractionism
D) Postmodernism

Question 31

Which of the following is one of the key components of materialism?

A) Consensus
B) Conflict
C) Interaction
D) Relativism

Question 32

Discuss the differences between structural functionalism and symbolic interactionism based on their specific philosophical perspectives of positivism and idealism.