Question 1

Alfred Kinsey's research,which began in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s,was surprising because it revealed

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A)   the extent to which assumptions about the sexual activities of men and women had come to resemble each other.
B)   a tremendous discrepancy between prevailing public expectations of sexual behavior and actual sexual conduct.
C)   the homogeneity of sexual experience in the United States.
D)   a strong correlation between income and sexual attitudes.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

According to Talcott Parsons,what is an expectation associated with the sick role?

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A)   A sick person should not be personally blamed for being ill.
B)   A sick person should be isolated from society.
C)   A sick person should always tend to his or her work responsibilities while sick.
D)   A sick person should avoid modern medicine.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Why have some sociologists criticized Talcott Parsons's notion of the sick role?

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A)   Sociologists have done away with the theoretical use of the term role in analysis.
B)   The sick role can only be applied to the American context.
C)   Functionalist approaches are no longer studied in sociology.
D)   The sick role fails to explain illnesses that do not necessarily lead to a suspension of normal activity.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

A reversal in life expectancy has become a reality in recent years for

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A)   women with less education.
B)   men with more education.
C)   men and women with more education.
D)   women with more education.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 5

According to the textbook,what is generally regarded as the beginning of the battle for gay rights in the United States?

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A)   the Stonewall Inn nightclub raid
B)   California Proposition 8
C)   Lawrence v.Texas
D)   the Texas sniper shootingsE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Rosie was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome.She manages to keep up with her housework by dividing it into small tasks,resting between tasks.What type of work,as defined by Corbin and Strauss,is Rosie incorporating?

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A)   illness work
B)   coping work
C)   everyday work
D)   adapting workE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

In which country does universal health coverage not exist?

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A)   The United States
B)   Canada
C)   Japan
D)   TaiwanE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Vanessa recently told her family and friends that she is homosexual.Now she no longer hides the fact that her best friend,Margaret,is also her partner.According to the textbook,which of the following is the result of people like Vanessa coming out?

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A)   New York City,San Francisco,London,and other large metropolitan areas worldwide have large gay and lesbian communities.
B)   Society embraces openly homosexual individuals such as Vanessa,and homosexuals no longer face any backlash for coming out.
C)   The government keeps a registry of all the individuals who come out,which now includes Vanessa.
D)   Coming out has resulted in increased rejection of the homosexual lifestyle because homophobes who were willing to ignore the presence of homosexuals when they were hidden are no longer willing to do so.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

The leading causes of death today are heart disease and cancer,two diseases that are associated with unhealthy behaviors such as smoking,a high-fat diet,and a sedentary lifestyle.This evidence most clearly contradicts which perspective?

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A)   Corbin and Strauss's illness work
B)   Erving Goffman's stigma
C)   Talcott Parsons's sick role
D)   complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

What are some social consequences of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)epidemic in developing nations? Please explain your answer in a short paragraph.

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The AIDS epidemic has created severe soc...

Question 11

Akiki is a sixteen-year-old orphan girl from Uganda.What can be inferred from the textbook about her situation?

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A)   She was probably orphaned because her parents died of AIDS.
B)   She will likely be placed into a state institution for orphaned children.
C)   Her parents were probably killed by government troops.
D)   Her parents were likely murdered by members of a gang.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

How do Edward Laumann's 1994 findings about sexual activity differ from those of Alfred Kinsey's research in the 1950s?

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A)   Americans have on average 10 sexual partners during their lifetime.
B)   There were few changes in sexual behavior.
C)   Americans have become more sexually conservative in some ways but more promiscuous in others.
D)   There was a significant decline in premarital sexual activity.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Vanessa recently lost her father and also had a tough time finding work in the months prior to her father's death.She has been feeling very sad and is having a hard time accepting invitations or enjoying social activities.Her general practitioner referred her to a psychiatrist who suggested that Vanessa begin taking antidepressants.According to the textbook,Vanessa's situation is an example of

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A)   the socialization of nature.
B)   medicalization.
C)   stigma.
D)   illness work.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the health of Black Americans?

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A)   By 2016,a greater percentage of white men smoked than Black men.
B)   In 2016,the percentage of Black adults between the ages of twenty and seventy-four who suffered from hypertension was the same as in the early 1970s.
C)   Patterns of physician visitation,hospitalization,and preventive medicine for Blacks have improved.
D)   Black women are now more likely than white women to receive mammograms.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

The direction of one's sexual or romantic attraction is referred to as

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A)   sexual orientation.
B)   sexual preference.
C)   sexual identity.
D)   sexual status.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

How do some sociologists explain the fact that although Hispanics in the United States have fewer socioeconomic resources than whites,studies have shown that their health-and especially the health of their infants-is just as good as,if not better than,that of whites?

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A)   Hispanics have more genetic resistance to many diseases than whites.
B)   Whites are more socially cohesive than Hispanics.
C)   Studies of the health of Hispanics in the United States focus on those who successfully migrated and who may be in better health than those who did not migrate.
D)   For cultural reasons,Hispanics are more devoted to healthy activities,such as playing sports,than whites.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

According to the textbook,why did diseases such as smallpox and measles produce epidemics that ravaged or completely wiped out native populations in the Americas after contact with Europeans in the late fifteenth century?

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A)   Europeans refused to share their medicines with the native peoples.
B)   The native peoples lacked resistance to these diseases.
C)   Europeans forced the native peoples to relocate to massive urban centers,where the bacteria easily spread.
D)   Europeans forced the native peoples to abandon their traditional medicines,which had kept the diseases largely at bay before contact.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

According to the textbook,traditional attitudes toward sex currently exist alongside much more permissive attitudes,which developed widely and became openly public

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A)   in the eighteenth century.
B)   in the nineteenth century.
C)   in the early twentieth century.
D)   in the 1960s.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following explains the shift in society's views toward sex in the nineteenth century (e.g. ,the idea that masturbation could lead to blindness or that oral sex could cause cancer) ?

Accepted Answer

A)   Permissive attitudes about sexuality were replaced with more traditional attitudes.
B)   Religious presumptions about sexuality were partly replaced by medical ones.
C)   Men and women's differing attitudes toward sexual activities formed a double standard.
D)   These and other sexual practices were accepted for men but not for women.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Sonia learned many techniques from a healer in her home country of Peru.After moving to the United States,Sonia decides to offer herbal remedies to people who distrust doctors and refuse Western medicine.What term do sociologists use to describe what Sonia offers?

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A)   alternative medicine
B)   faith healing
C)   complementary medicine
D)   herbal remedy curesE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Exam 14: The Sociology of the Body: Health, illness, and Sexuality

Akiki is a sixteen-year-old orphan girl from Uganda.What can be inferred from the textbook about her situation?

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According to Talcott Parsons,what is an expectation associated with the sick role?

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Sonia learned many techniques from a healer in her home country of Peru.After moving to the United States,Sonia decides to offer herbal remedies to people who distrust doctors and refuse Western medicine.What term do sociologists use to describe what Sonia offers?

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According to the textbook,why did diseases such as smallpox and measles produce epidemics that ravaged or completely wiped out native populations in the Americas after contact with Europeans in the late fifteenth century?

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Which of the following explains the shift in society's views toward sex in the nineteenth century (e.g. ,the idea that masturbation could lead to blindness or that oral sex could cause cancer) ?

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A reversal in life expectancy has become a reality in recent years for

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Vanessa recently told her family and friends that she is homosexual.Now she no longer hides the fact that her best friend,Margaret,is also her partner.According to the textbook,which of the following is the result of people like Vanessa coming out?

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According to the textbook,traditional attitudes toward sex currently exist alongside much more permissive attitudes,which developed widely and became openly public

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The leading causes of death today are heart disease and cancer,two diseases that are associated with unhealthy behaviors such as smoking,a high-fat diet,and a sedentary lifestyle.This evidence most clearly contradicts which perspective?

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The direction of one's sexual or romantic attraction is referred to as

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How do Edward Laumann's 1994 findings about sexual activity differ from those of Alfred Kinsey's research in the 1950s?

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How do some sociologists explain the fact that although Hispanics in the United States have fewer socioeconomic resources than whites,studies have shown that their health-and especially the health of their infants-is just as good as,if not better than,that of whites?

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Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the health of Black Americans?

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According to the textbook,what is generally regarded as the beginning of the battle for gay rights in the United States?

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In which country does universal health coverage not exist?

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Why have some sociologists criticized Talcott Parsons's notion of the sick role?

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Rosie was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome.She manages to keep up with her housework by dividing it into small tasks,resting between tasks.What type of work,as defined by Corbin and Strauss,is Rosie incorporating?

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Alfred Kinsey's research,which began in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s,was surprising because it revealed

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What are some social consequences of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)epidemic in developing nations? Please explain your answer in a short paragraph.

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Sonia learned many techniques from a healer in her home country of Peru.After moving to the United States,Sonia decides to offer herbal remedies to people who distrust doctors and refuse Western medicine.What term do sociologists use to describe what Sonia offers?

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According to the textbook,why did diseases such as smallpox and measles produce epidemics that ravaged or completely wiped out native populations in the Americas after contact with Europeans in the late fifteenth century?

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Which of the following explains the shift in society's views toward sex in the nineteenth century (e.g. ,the idea that masturbation could lead to blindness or that oral sex could cause cancer) ?

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A reversal in life expectancy has become a reality in recent years for

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The leading causes of death today are heart disease and cancer,two diseases that are associated with unhealthy behaviors such as smoking,a high-fat diet,and a sedentary lifestyle.This evidence most clearly contradicts which perspective?

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The direction of one's sexual or romantic attraction is referred to as

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Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the health of Black Americans?

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