Practice Quiz: Chapter 09

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. Which of the following is NOT a component of medicalization, according to Irving Zola?

a) The maintenance of almost absolute access to certain areas by the medical profession correct incorrect

b) The maintenance of absolute control over certain technical procedures by the allopathic medical profession correct incorrect

c) The spread of medicine's relevance to an increasingly large portion of living correct incorrect

d) An expansion of what in life and in a person is relevant to medicine correct incorrect

e) The provision of medical services by for-profit corporations correct incorrect

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. The greatest increase in family structure between 2001 and 2011 was in what type of family?

a) Married couple families correct incorrect

b) Common-law couple families correct incorrect

c) Male lone-parent families correct incorrect

d) Female one-parent families correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. What is another name for multi-generational households?

a) Nuclear families correct incorrect

b) Bi-nuclear families correct incorrect

c) Extended families correct incorrect

d) Mixed families correct incorrect

e) Families by choice correct incorrect

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. Which theoretical perspective is useful for examining economic disparities and their corresponding health inequalities in Canada?

a) Structural functionalism correct incorrect

b) Interpretive theory correct incorrect

c) Social constructionism correct incorrect

d) Conflict theory correct incorrect

e) Feminist theory correct incorrect

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. In 2011, which type of family was most common in Canada?

a) Common-law families with children correct incorrect

b) Common-law families without children correct incorrect

c) Lone-parent families correct incorrect

d) Legally married couples without children correct incorrect

e) Legally married couples with children correct incorrect

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. What form does intimate partner violence take?

a) Sexual violence correct incorrect

b) Physical violence correct incorrect

c) Emotional violence correct incorrect

d) Controlling behaviours correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which fifth principle of Canada's health care program was added in the Canada Health Act of 1984?

a) Portability correct incorrect

b) Universality correct incorrect

c) Administration correct incorrect

d) Accessibility correct incorrect

e) Comprehensive coverage correct incorrect

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. Garbage removal, sewage disposal, and providing clean drinking water are seen as what type of health policy?

a) Prevention policies correct incorrect

b) Equal Measures Act correct incorrect

c) Conflict policy correct incorrect

d) Interactionist policy correct incorrect

e) Anti-epidemic policy correct incorrect

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. The meaning and interpretation of disability can lead to what?

a) Marginalization correct incorrect

b) Stigma correct incorrect

c) Racism correct incorrect

d) Ghettoization correct incorrect

e) Violence correct incorrect

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. Most sociologists agree on which basic definition of a family?

a) Nuclear correct incorrect

b) Mono-nuclear correct incorrect

c) Bi-nuclear correct incorrect

d) Tri-nuclear correct incorrect

e) There is no consensus. correct incorrect

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. Health is linked inextricably to the social order.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. According to Talcott Parsons, the wellness paradigm refers to a special position in society that prevents illness from disrupting social life.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Canada's present medical care system was first implemented in 1984.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Societies are organized to support a population up to an average life expectancy and at a given level of health and ability.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. A growing number of Canadian households include grandparents.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Today, the ratio of household debt to personal disposable income is more than 150 per cent.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The overall proportion of married-couple families in relation to other types of families has decreased.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Health is not linked to a society's social order.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The meaning and interpretation of "disability" is highly controversial and can lead to stigma.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. As a result of changing employment trends, family earnings instability and inequality have grown since the 1990s.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect