Lesson 12 Aging and Healthcare

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY UNIT 2 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Lesson 12: Aging and Healthcare LESSON 12 Question Without Answer Choices Source Quiz Your Answers In most countries, elderly women _________ Lesson 12 live a few years longer than elderly men. Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) America’s baby boomer generation has Lesson 12 Social Security’s vulnerability contributed to all of the following except: Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) The measure that compares the number of men Lesson 12 sex ratio to women in a population is_____. Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) The “graying of the United States” refers to Lesson 12 the increasing percentage of the population over sixtyfive years old ______. Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) What is the approximate median age of the Lesson 12 thirty-seven United States? Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Thanatology is the study of_____. Lesson 12 death and dying Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) In Erik Erikson’s developmental stages of life, Lesson 12 Overcoming despair to achieve integrity with which challenge must older people Book Quiz (Aging and struggle? the Elderly) Who wrote the book On Death and Dying, Lesson 12 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross outlining the five stages of grief? Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) For individual people of a certain culture, the life Lesson 12 the typical sequence of events in their lives course is_____. Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) In the United States, life expectancy rates in Lesson 12 continued to gradually rise recent decades have_____. Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Today in the United States the poverty rate of Lesson 12 increasing the elderly is_____. Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Which action reflects ageism? Lesson 12 Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age sixty-five years old Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Which factor most increases the risk of an Lesson 12 Being frail to the point of dependency on care elderly person suffering mistreatment? Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often Lesson 12 caregivers perpetrated by______. Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Page 1 of 8 15 Veterans are two to four times more likely to_____as people who did not serve in the military. 16 Which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following the functionalist perspective? 17 An older woman retires and completely changes her life. She is no longer raising children or working. However, she joins the YWCA to swim every day. She serves on the Friends of the Library board. She is part of a neighborhood group that plays Bunco on Saturday nights. Her situation most closely illustrates the _____theory. 18 An older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the_____theory. 19 What is the primary driver of modernization theory? 20 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory? 21 Who determines which illnesses are stigmatized? 22 Chronic fatigue syndrome is an example of . 23 The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is an example of 24 What is social epidemiology? 25 Core nations are also known as 26 Many deaths in high-income nations are linked to Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Page 2 of 8 commit suicide Men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles. activity disengagement Industrialization Age stratification Society a contested illness the social construction of health The study of the causes and distribution of diseases high-income nations obesity 27 According to the World Health Organization, what was the most frequent cause of death for children under five in low- income countries? Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) 28 Which of the following statements is not true? 29 The process by which aspects of life that were considered bad or deviant are redefined as sickness and needing medical attention to remedy is called: Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) 30 What are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in the United States? 31 Sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are examples of . 32 The high unemployment rate among the disabled may be a result of . 33 Which public healthcare system offers insurance primarily to people over sixty-five years old? 34 Which program is an example of socialized medicine? 35 What does the individual mandate provision of the 2010 U.S. healthcare reform do? 36 Great Britain’s healthcare system is an example of 37 What group created the Millennium Development Goals? 38 Which of the following is not part of the rights and responsibilities of a sick person under the functionalist perspective? 39 The class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the perspective. 40 The removal of homosexuality from the DSM is an example of . Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Book Quiz (Health and Medicine) Page 3 of 8 neumonia and diarrheal diseases Blacks have lower cancer rates than whites. medicalization Anxiety disorders Accommodations required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and forms of accessibility for people with disabilities stigmatization Medicare The United States’ Veterans Health Administration Requires everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty socialized medicine The World Health Organization The sick person can take as long as she wants to get better. Conflict demedicalization 41 Supercentenarians are people who are ____ and older. Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) 110 42 Your grandmother is still very active and loves to get her friends together for bridge on Friday. They always talk about all those old-old people down at the senior center who like to play bingo. About how old are the old-old senior citizens to whom they are referring? 43 When your mother-in-law fell and broke her hip at age 72, you were concerned because she is still ________________. Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Young-old 44 Sociologists have adopted the phrase, “the graying of the United States.” What does this phrase mean? 45 No one in the United States can watch the news without hearing about the struggle over Social Security. Which approach has been used in the past to avoid the program’s collapse? 46 What is a dependency ratio? 47 The world population is growing and aging. In an effort to collectively deal with some of the challenges facing the elderly, several countries gathered at a summit. Which plan was the result of this summit? Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) 48 While visiting your dad at his nursing home, you see an elderly lady sitting at the table with a full tray of food in front of her. She is in a wheel chair and seems depressed. You conclude that she is experiencing: Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Secondary aging 49 According to Erik Erikson’s theory on aging, what is the final hurdle that most people who reach old age must overcome? Despair 50 Which is a social issue that many elderly females discover they are victims of? Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions Page 4 of 8 85 The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age. Increase the age at which someone can start collecting Social Security. It is the comparison of working people to nonworking people. The Madrid Plan Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors. 51 Which of the following is NOT true about old age? 52 Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’s book On Death and Dying added much content knowledge to which field? 53 How do elderly widows and widowers react to death of their significant other? 54 Which three states allow some form of physician-assisted suicide? 55 Accusing people of DWE (driving while elderly) is considered a type of: 56 When elderly people are considered elders and leaders of a group of people, they are functioning under a(n): 57 What causes some caretakers to abuse their elderly charges? 58 What is the basic idea behind disengagement theory? 59 Some conflict theorists ascribe to the idea that as time and technology move forward, elderly people are left behind and they lose social standing and power. Which specific theory does this describe? 60 A symbolic interactionist may choose to study senior centers, and other groups of elderly people. Which theory might they find most useful for their study? 61 Medical sociology is the systematic study of: (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Aging and the Elderly) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Page 5 of 8 Elderly people lose all appetite and drive for sex. Thanatology Similarly: both elderly widows and widowers do not often remarry. Washington State, Oregon, and Montana Ageism Gerontocracy Depression As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society. Modernization theory Subculture of aging theory How humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and health care for both the sick and the healthy 62 Which of the following is NOT a result of the commodification of health care? 63 Sheryl was diagnosed with bipolarity when she was a teenager. She’s hesitant to tell her friends, and tries her best to hide her diagnosis from her coaches, teachers, and employers, since she’s seen other people with the illness be discriminated against on account of it. Bipolarity is an example of a(n): 64 Obesity is rising at the fastest rate in which of the following countries? 65 Until 1973 homosexuality was considered a psychological disorder American Psychological Association. Which sociological perspective would be most concerned with why this was considered an illness, and what effect that diagnosis had on society? 66 What is one of the largest contributors to health problems in low-income countries? 67 Epidemiology is: 68 Drake lives in Great Britain, where the British government owns and operates the country’s health care system. This is an example of ____: 69 Which of the following would a social epidemiologist be likely to study: 70 The United States healthcare system consists of: Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) HIV spreading across the United States at a rapid rate in the 1980’s Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) High income Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Clean water access Page 6 of 8 Stigmatized illness* Symbolic interactionist The study of the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases Socialized medicine The high cancer rates surrounding a large manufacturing plant in New Mexico Public and private insurance coverage 71 When a number of young, gay men in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles began dying of a mysterious disease in the early 1980’s, the public began referring to the disease as “the gay cancer,” stigmatizing the disease for doctors and patients. This is an example of: Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) The cultural meaning of illness 72 Which of the following was not among the United Nations eight Millennium Development Goals set in 2000? Decrease obesity 73 Taylor works as a legal assistant. His insurance doesn’t cover treatment for depression, and he spends 15% of his income each month to receive care. This is an example of Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) 74 Which sociological perspective argues that sick people fill a societal role, and are stigmatized by society if they spend longer in that role than is appropriate? Functionalism 75 What sociologist pioneered the concept of “The Sick Role”? 76 Which of the following is an example of legitimation? 77 In recent years, a great compulsion to engage in frequent and risky sexual behaviors was deemed sexual addiction. This is an example of: 78 Shane believes that the commodification of health has created a large number of problems within the United States. From which sociological perspective does this come from? Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) 79 Which of the following best defines the concept of “The Sick Role”? The pattern of expectations that define appropriate behavior for the sick and for those who take care of them 80 Dana’s lives in a country which guarantees healthcare for all of its citizens. Dana lives in a country which uses: Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Lesson 12 Additional Questions (Health and Medicine) Page 7 of 8 Underinsurance Talcott Parsons Marley’s doctor diagnosing him with bronchitis Medicalization of deviance Conflict theory Universal healthcare