Sociology Exam 4 All Questions Included With Verified Answers

Sociology Exam 4 All Questions Included With Verified Answers

Which of the following contributes to increasing rates of heart disease and hypertension in
women? - More women are entering high-level jobs
When Susie takes up smoking, the cost of her insurance coverage goes up. This is a result
of: - Risk adjustment
Which profession has the least number of practitioners in the United States? - Doctors
Fee-for-service caused a situation where physicians could control the number of (often
unnecessary) visits required for treatment. This problem was called: - Supplier-induced
demand
The longevity discrepancy between blacks and whites may be a sign of - Social inequality
______ results from inadequate growth during gestation or a curtailed period of gestation -
Low birth weight
Why did the elderly who received more Social Security have higher mortality rates than the
elderly who received less Social Security and had to work part-time? - Working had a
positive impact on their longevity due to social interaction
Hypertension is directly related to stress, which can be attributed to being poor. However,
poor African Americans in the United States have rates of hypertension that are similar to
middle- and upper-class African Americans. How would the "tokenism theory" explain this? -
All African Americans may still experience discrimination
Married people tend to live longer than unmarried people. It could be that they take better
care of themselves when they have the responsibility of a family. It could also be that: -
people who are healthier are more likely to get married
Which of the following was the result of medical licensing that began in the mid-1800s? - It
gave physicians more economic clout
Asians tend to have lower infant mortality rates than others in the United States. This is
most likely attributable to: - Socioeconomic status
While HMOs, might decrease the prestige of physicians, they could also be detrimental to
patients because a patient could be: - undertreated
What population currently has the highest rate of HIV contraction in the United States? -
African American women
If state and federal health care plans don't change, which of the following can you look
forward to when you turn 65? - Medicare
The "drift explanation" of the relationship between health and socioeconomic status states
that: - Genetics and biology affect socioeconomic status (SES) so that people who are
healthier have an easier time maintaining a high SES
Reproductive technology has increased the number of multiple births, which leads to the
ethical issue of: - Whether to abort some of the embryos
The American values of hard work and self-reliance might lead blacks to follow the example
of which folklore figure in order to prove themselves? -John Henry
As discussed in Chapter 12, which group of women is least likely to get an abortion? - Latino
women
Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich traveled around the country to study firsthand what it was
like to "get by" working low-wage jobs. All of the following are true about her experiences
EXCEPT: - She felt that if she had only worked harder, she would have been able to "get by"
Approximately what percentage of U.S. marriages ends in divorce? - 40%
It is difficult to make generalizations about Latino families in the United States because: - Of
their diverse origins and geography
Aries wrote that children of preindustrial families were: - thought of as small adults who
didn't warrant any special treatment or nurturing