Socl Final Exam Review
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- 1.Write text here
- 2.The ____________ of society refers to the way society is organized.
- A.
Ethos
- B.
Culture
- C.
Structure
- D.
Sociological imagination
- 3.Which element of a social problem refers to the belief that a particular social condition is harmful to society?
- A.
Operational
- B.
Objective
- C.
Subjective
- D.
Theoretical
- 4.Which of the following is NOT one of the five traditional social institutions?
- A.
Religion
- B.
Family
- C.
Prison
- D.
Politics
- 5.Sociologists refer to the position a person holds in a group as his or her
- A.
Folkway.
- B.
Role.
- C.
Institution.
- D.
Status.
- 6.Symbolic interactionism emphasizes that
- A.
Societal institutions meet the needs of people in society.
- B.
The important symbols of society are distributed unequally.
- C.
Human behavior is influenced by meanings that are created through social interaction.
- D.
Institutional inequalities cause social problems.
- 7.According to C. Wright Mills, the ____________ is the ability to see the connections between our personal lives and the social world.
- A.
Sociological imagination
- B.
Anomie
- C.
Functional perspective
- D.
Ascribed status
- 8.A social problem is a social condition that
- A.
A segment of society views as harmful to members of society and in need of remedy.
- B.
Results in conflict among various population segments of a society.
- C.
Everyone in a society agrees is problematic for the society.
- D.
Interferes with the functioning of society.
- 9.Every status is associated with many _________, or the set of rights, obligations, and expectations associated with a status.
- A.
Institutions
- B.
Norms
- C.
Values
- D.
Roles
- 10.The sociological imagination allows us to see the connections between private troubles and ________.
- A.
social institutions
- B.
Sociology
- C.
Social problems
- D.
Public issues
- 11.Which perspective argues that the division of society into the "haves" and "have-nots" will create social problems?
- A.
Functionalist
- B.
Conflict
- C.
Interactionist
- D.
Anomie
- 12.Mental illness is considered a “hidden epidemic” because
- A.
Health care providers tend to misdiagnose mentally ill patients as physically ill.
- B.
Most mentally ill are institutionalized in hospitals or long-term care facilities.
- C.
The shame associated with mental problems discourages people from acknowledging them.
- D.
The mentally ill are more likely to stay at home and avoid contact with others.
- 13.Medicaid is funded
- A.
By private insurance corporations.
- B.
Solely by the state government.
- C.
Solely by the federal government.
- D.
Jointly by federal and state governments.
- 14.What is an example of how health problems impact poverty?
- A.
Lower-class individuals experience greater adversity and stress as a result of their deprived and difficult living conditions.
- B.
Individuals in higher social classes are less likely to be stigmatized for mental illness.
- C.
The higher social classes are more likely to be diagnosed and treated for mental illness.
- D.
Physical and mental health problems can limit one’s ability to pursue education and vocational training and/or employment
- 15.Which of the following is an argument in favor of a single-payer health care system?
- A.
It would place power in the hands of the states rather than the federal government.
- B.
It would be a truly market based system.
- C.
It would keep the government out of the business of health care.
- D.
It would save money.
- 16.A symbolic interactionist is likely to study
- A.
How illness keeps people from performing their roles.
- B.
Health care as a market commodity in capitalistic systems.
- C.
The varying definitions of diseases and conditions across cultures.
- D.
How illness leads to other social problems in society.
- 17.Deinstitutionalization in mental health care refers to the process of
- A.
Adding more private rooms, community dining facilities, and recreational areas in mental health hospitals.
- B.
Reducing costly and often neglectful institutional care and providing more humane services in the community.
- C.
Decreasing the numbers of doctors and other health care workers who practice in mental hospitals.
- D.
Providing more job training in mental health facilities that will prepare patients to obtain employment when they leave the health care facility.
- 18.Which of the following is NOT true regarding the health environment of Americans?
- A.
Americans tend to have unhealthy patterns of food consumption.
- B.
American communities are designed for automobiles rather than pedestrians.
- C.
Americans have the highest obesity rates of any industrialized nation.
- D.
Americans tend to work fewer hours and take more time off than workers in other industrialized nations.
- 19.Which of the theoretical perspectives is most likely to study how changes in society affect health?
- A.
Symbolic interactionism
- B.
Conflict
- C.
Feminism
- D.
Structural-functionalism
- 20.What is the official name of the program commonly referred to as Obamacare?
- A.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- B.
No Child Left Behind Act
- C.
Personal Health Protection and Rehabilitation Act
- D.
Universal Health Care Initiative
- 21.Which of the following was NOT cited in the textbook as a strategy to improve mental health care?
- A.
improving access to mental health care
- B.
Providing mental health support for college students
- C.
Stigmatizing mental illness
- D.
Eliminating the negative label of mental illness
- 22.The structural-functional perspective is more likely than the conflict or symbolic interactionist perspective to view drug abuse as
- A.
due to the weakening of norms in society.
- B.
Learned through interaction in small groups.
- C.
A response to the inequality perpetuated by the capitalist system.
- D.
The consequence of a psychological predisposition to experience pleasure from drugs.
- 23._______________ theories propose that some individuals are predisposed to drug abuse.
- A.
Biological
- B.
Symbolic interaction
- C.
Conflict
- D.
Psychological
- 24.According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, people who use drugs do so because
- A.
They have been exploited and alienated by a capitalistic society.
- B.
They have learned to label the drug-using experience in positive terms.
- C.
They have a biological predisposition to drug addiction.
- D.
The society is in a state of anomie.
- 25.If an individual internalizes the label of a drug user, she is likely to
- A.
Substitute legal for illegal drugs.
- B.
Continue and sometimes escalate drug use.
- C.
seek treatment for drug abuse.
- D.
Quit using drugs of any kind.
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