Sociology of Health and Illness Quiz

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1. 1

   Which factor is a social determinant of health?

   

   A Access to stable and affordable housing B A person's inherited DNA sequence C A random mutation in a virus
2. 2

   According to Talcott Parsons' concept of the sick role, which obligation is generally assigned to a sick person?

   A Continue performing every normal social role without assistance B Seek competent help and cooperate in trying to recover C Personally accept blame for becoming ill
3. 3

   When ordinary shyness is redefined as a disorder primarily requiring professional diagnosis and treatment, which sociological process is illustrated?

   A Secularization B Bureaucratic decentralization C Medicalization
4. 4

   Why does fundamental cause theory predict that socioeconomic health inequalities can persist even when major diseases and treatments change?

   A Advantaged groups can repeatedly use flexible resources such as money, knowledge, and social connections B Health differences are fixed almost entirely by inherited biological traits C Controlling one disease mechanism automatically eliminates all health inequalities
5. 5

   A city map shows that districts with the greatest healthcare needs have the fewest primary care clinics. Which concept best describes this pattern?

   

   A The healthy worker effect B The inverse care law C The demographic dividend
6. 6

   In the sociological distinction among disease, illness, and sickness, which term usually refers to a person's subjective experience of symptoms and suffering?

   A Disease B Sickness C Illness
7. 7

   A population shifts from deaths dominated by infectious disease to deaths dominated by chronic and degenerative conditions. What is this change called?

   

   A The epidemiological transition B The demographic dividend C The mobility transition
8. 8

   Erving Goffman used which concept to describe an attribute that is socially discrediting and can produce a 'spoiled identity'?

   A Role strain B Stigma C Anomie
9. 9

   What does structural competency encourage health professionals to do?

   A Memorize a fixed list of customs for every cultural group B Explain health outcomes only through individual choices C Recognize and respond to institutional and economic conditions shaping clinical problems
10. 10

    Which statement best reflects an intersectional analysis of health inequality?

    

    A Systems such as racism, sexism, and class inequality interact to shape distinctive health experiences B Each social category affects health independently and can always be analyzed in isolation C Personal identity determines health regardless of institutions or material conditions
11. 11

    A neighborhood-level graph shows that greater deprivation is associated with higher asthma hospitalization rates. Which conclusion is justified?

    

    A Neighborhood deprivation has been proven to cause asthma in every resident B Every person in a less deprived neighborhood has lower risk than every person in a more deprived neighborhood C The variables are associated at the neighborhood level, but individual-level conclusions require individual data