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Questions
1. Functionalist theory sees social stability and views family as
a. regulating sexual activity.
b. socializing their children.
c. a supportive unit where members help each other both economically and psychologically.
d. all of the above.
2. According to conflict theory,
a. men are dominant in the home, but women dominate in the work environment.
b. women contribute unpaid labor to a capitalist society by childbearing and providing care to family members.
c. in male-dominated societies, men insist on equal relationships in marriage.
d. all of the above.
3. Good news! The teen birth rate has declined. Which is NOT a reason for teens still giving birth?
a. Many sexually active teens do not use birth control.
b. Parents fail to control their daughters; they don't monitor their daughter's free time.
c. Many teens do not receive accurate information about preventing conception or pregnancy.
d. Structural disadvantages in society, such as poverty and lack of employment.
4. Which is FALSE regarding the meaning of reproduction and women's fertility?
a. Women today are able to choose the number of children they will have and when they will have them, for the most part, because of advances in contraception technology in the past 40 years.
b. Women who choose not to have children are seen as special and highly regarded.
c. Reproduction is linked to cultural beliefs and practices as well as a woman's own choice.
d. Women spend up to half their life concerned about getting pregnant; about controlling their fertility.
5. According to Marx, religion
a. serves as a reference group to help people define themselves.
b. is an ideology of domination by the capitalist class, "the opiate of the masses."
c. serves to reinforce social stratification in society.
d. offers meaning and purpose for the human experience.
6. Religion in the United States is made up of three monotheistic religions; believers have faith in one God. They are
a. Judaism.
b. Islam.
c. Christianity.
d. all of the above.
7. Which is an example of the social significance of age?
a. Grandma wearing short shorts and skateboarding through the neighborhood is not acting her age.
b. Functional age has to do with cosmetic surgery and appearance.
c. Chronological age concerns the physical and social processes with growing older.
d. all of the above.
8. Which of the following statements on Life Course is FALSE?
a. Late Adulthood, 65-70 years, is a time in life when most people retire and many become active in their community.
b. Middle adulthood, 20-39 years, is the time of life when individuals achieve their highest prestige and income level, because they are healthy and energetic.
c. Adolescence, 13-19 years, is a time of compulsory education, teens from minority families with low income levels serve time in jail or detention centers.
d. Middle Adulthood, 40-65 years, is a time when childrearing is complete and people may begin to enjoy their grandchildren.
9. Generally, women's pay-out from Social Security is less than men's, because
a. they 'drop out' of the workforce while raising children.
b. they earn less than men overall.
c. they may have worked 'off the books' as maids and childcare workers.
d. all of the above.
10. Which of the following statements about aging is FALSE?
a. The aging population is as diverse as the overall population, yet elders are often stereotyped as thinking and moving slowly.
b. A cohort is a group of people born within a period of time, such as millenials who were born between 1980 and 1986.
c. Chronological age is measured in years while functional age is based on mobility and strength.
d. Preindustrial societies viewed elders as asset; postindustrial societies sees care for the elderly as insignificant.
11. During the 20th century, life expectancy increased due to
a. better water and sewage systems; community water systems delliver clean water to homes and sewage systems take effluent away to treatment plant.
b. improved nutrition.
c. advances in medical science, such as vaccinations for childhood diseases and now Covid.
d. all of the above.
12. In the United States, private health insurance offers access to health care, except
a. for low income people who get Medicaid, a government program which pays their health care costs.
b. for people over the age of 65 and people who are disabled - they get Medicare, a government insurance program.
c. for veterans who can use the VA system, Veterans Affairs, which has government owned and administered hospital and staff for treating military veterans - socialized medicine.
d. all of the above.
13. Medicalization is the practice of bringing behaviors into the medical system for treatment
a. such as excessive drinking (alcohol), which used to be thought of as the work of the devil in the 1800s.
b. a way to widen the scope and profits of health care.
c. such as tobacco and other drug use which are treated as a medical addiction, a disease which needs medications and other treatment.
d. all of the above.
14. Which is FALSE about people with disabilities?
a. Stigmatization means an identity is spoiled, labeled as different and sometimes shunned.
b. The Social Model seeks to eliminate prejudice, exclusion and barriers in society unlike the Medical Model which teaches the disabled to adapt.
c. Curbs do not discriminate against people who have physical impairments, they function to guide snowplows and direct rainwater to the sewer.
d. The American with Disabilities Act, ADA, was made law in 1990, so many hardscape changes had to be made, such as ramps instead of curbs.
15. Which of the following is FALSE?
a. Alternative medicine refers to the fact that people seek their own doctor.
b. The infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births, for children unde the age of one year.
c. Chronic diseases develop slowly and are long term, such as diabetes type 2 and asthma.
d. The two drugs that cause serious disease are legal; they are alcohol and tobacco.
16. Which of the following statements on the origin of modern-day medicine is FALSE?
a. Modern medicine (and laws prohibiting women from practicing) eclipsed the role of women who traditionally were the healers and midwives.
b. 20th century medicine was based on scientific method and taught in universities; women were denied entry into such academic courses.
c. Medicine is based in science yet there is no professional standard or self-regulation that constrains physicians.
d. The delivery of modern medical care is based on a capitalist model - fee for service - hence, medical care is a profit-making industry.
17. Britain or the United Kingdom,
a. has a socialist health care system.
b. pays the salaries of physicians and all other health care workers.
c. owns, as a country, all the hospitals and clinics in the National Health Service - NHS.
d. all of the above.