Deck 7: Societal Reactions to Disease

Question 1

In the 20th century childbirth shifted from an event that usually took place at home to one that usually took place in a hospital. This change reflects which social process?
a. Hygienization
b. Medicalization
c. Destigmatization
d. Advocacy

Answer 1

Medicalization

Question 2

In the video "The Unusual Suspects," a variety of spokespersons with disabilities advocate for the ____________ of disability.
a. Medical model
b. Cultural model
c. Social model
d. Biopsychosocial model

Answer 2

Social model

Question 3

Which of the following examples illustrate how collective decisions can have a positive influence on public health circle all that apply).
a. Stigmatization of AIDS patients
b. Medicalization of disability
c. Community violence
d. Stigmatization of smoking
Questions from video: The Unusual Suspects

Answer 3

Stigmatization of smoking

Question 4

The tendency for people to blame epidemics on foreigners is an example of which of the following?
a. Stigmatization
b. Labeling
c. Collective behavior
d. Ethnocentrism

Question 5

The shift from viewing addiction as a moral failing to viewing it as a mental health problem:
a. Labeling
b. Stigmatization
c. Discrimination
d. Medicalization

Question 6

Programs designed to assist disabled persons to adapt to living in their everyday environments are based on which model of disability?
a. Social model
b. Medical model
c. Cultural model
d. Environmental change

Question 7

An example of collective behavior in response to disease:
a. A wife divorces her husband because he is HIV positive
b. Internalized stigma among TB patients
c. Alcoholics Anonymous support groups
d. Scapegoating of Jews during the Black Death