Intro to Soc Chapter 15 – Flashcards
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What percent of U.S. citizens ages 65 and over are afflicted by Alzheimer's disease?
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13 percent
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The World Health Organization estimates that up to how many premature deaths per year could be prevented if air pollutants were brought down to safer levels?
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700,000
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By the year 2018, total expenditures for health care in the U.S. are expected to exceed what figure?
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$4.4 trillion
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A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards is referred to as
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environmental justice.
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Patients' judgments regarding their own state of health may be related to their gender, age, social class, race, and ethnicity.
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True
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According to your text, in contrast to just a few decades ago, people in the U.S. today fear dangers found in which of the following?
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all of these
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Which of the following is a type of relationship identified by environmentalists and sociologists applying the human ecological perspective?
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all of these
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The Nacirema was a culture who lived some 400 years ago and were first written about by Horace Miner.
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False
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Social epidemiology is defined as the
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study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health status across a population.
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Which of the following do environmentalists still believe in today?
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environment still needs protection AND government must take strong action to save environment
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The Exxon Valdez incident in 1989 illustrates the nature of
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water pollution.
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Polio is a disease that was almost eradicated, but there are still new cases that appear due to the failure to immunize all children. Researchers keep close tabs on how many new cases of this disease occur each year in the hope that it will soon cease to exist. This enumeration is an example of
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incidence
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Culture contributes to differences in medical care and even how health is defined.
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True
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Research in the U.S. and other countries has consistently shown that people in the lower classes have
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higher rates of mortality and disability.
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Erin Brockovich, a movie that features Julia Roberts, examines a true life event that revolves around environmental pollution in a working-class community by a major utility corporation that was apparently unconcerned about the long-term effects of the pollution on community residents. This movie illustrates which sociological concept?
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environmental justice
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Which of the following have been labeled as medically recognized disorders?
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all of these
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The fear of contracting AIDS probably has led to changes in sexual behavior in the U.S. among both homosexuals and heterosexuals. Which sociological perspective would focus on these changes in sexual relationships?
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interactionist perspective
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In the view of which theorist do capitalist societies such as the U.S. care more about maximizing profits than they do about the health and safety of industrial workers?
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Karl Marx
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Which area in the world contains the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS?
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Just as police and judges can define certain people as criminal, so can health care professionals define who is "sick." This power is described by
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labeling theory.
