Question 1

If you were to enter a school in ancient Greece of China, the students you would find there would be mainly

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A)   the rich.
B)   soldiers.
C)   women.
D)   foreigners.

Question 2

A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes

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A)   the positive consequences of illness for society as a whole.
B)   why societies should excuse ill people from most responsibilities.
C)   how social inequality affects patterns of health.
D)   the meanings people attach to health and illness.

Question 3

In the United States in 2009, ___________ of people over the age of twenty-five had earned a four- year college degree.

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A)   89.5 percent
B)   69.5 percent
C)   49.5 percent
D)   29.5 percent

Question 4

Talcott Parsons describes the physician-patient relationship as

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A)   giving each an equal social standing.
B)   permanent.
C)   placing physicians in charge and expecting patients to follow "doctor's orders."
D)   cooperative, with patient and physician making decisions together.

Question 5

Social-conflict analysis claims that the profit motive enhances the quality of medical care in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Two-thirds of U.S. children who grow up in families with incomes over $75,000 end up enrolling in college.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In the United States today

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A)   there is a surplus of teachers.
B)   there is a shortage of teachers.
C)   there are enough teachers.
D)   private schools, but not public schools, lack enough teachers.

Question 8

"Barefoot doctors," acupuncture, and the use of medicinal herbs are all part of the medical system in

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A)   Great Britain
B)   China
C)   Japan
D)   the United States

Question 9

Which of the following world regions is experiencing the most severe epidemic of AIDS?

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A)   Latin America
B)   the Middle East
C)   southern Africa
D)   Asia

Question 10

Mandatory schooling came to Japan after

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A)   industrialization in the 1870s.
B)   World War I.
C)   World War II.
D)   the beginning of the computer age.

Question 11

Today's advanced medical technology often allows death to be a choice.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Genital herpes is a curable sexually transmitted disease.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Jonathan Kozol characterizes the differences in funding between rich and poor communities as the “savage inequality” of U.S. education.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The U.S. government pays  ___________of the population's medical costs.

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A)   82 percent
B)   62 percent
C)   42 percent
D)   22 percent

Question 15

The extent of schooling in a society is closely tied to its level of economic development.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Research shows that masculinity is linked to health because

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A)   men learn to be strong and avoid illness.
B)   men avoid many of the lifestyle dangers common to women.
C)   our culture's definition of masculinity encourages stress and heart disease.
D)   None of the above is correct.

Question 17

One criticism of the social-conflict approach is that it minimizes the improvements in health care brought about by scientific medicine.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Back in 1900, a leading causes of death was influenza, a disease that

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A)   kills as many people today as it did then.
B)   kills many more people today than it did then.
C)   kills very few people today.
D)   no longer exists today.

Question 19

Education is the social institution that provides members of a society with important skills and knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Schooling in all countries-both high-income and low-income-reflects cultural values.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Education, Health, and Medicine

Mandatory schooling came to Japan after

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One criticism of the social-conflict approach is that it minimizes the improvements in health care brought about by scientific medicine.

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Talcott Parsons describes the physician-patient relationship as

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Education is the social institution that provides members of a society with important skills and knowledge.

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A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes

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Research shows that masculinity is linked to health because

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In the United States today

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If you were to enter a school in ancient Greece of China, the students you would find there would be mainly

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Back in 1900, a leading causes of death was influenza, a disease that

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Genital herpes is a curable sexually transmitted disease.

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Social-conflict analysis claims that the profit motive enhances the quality of medical care in the United States.

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Jonathan Kozol characterizes the differences in funding between rich and poor communities as the “savage inequality” of U.S. education.

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Two-thirds of U.S. children who grow up in families with incomes over $75,000 end up enrolling in college.

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In the United States in 2009, ___________ of people over the age of twenty-five had earned a four- year college degree.

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Which of the following world regions is experiencing the most severe epidemic of AIDS?

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The extent of schooling in a society is closely tied to its level of economic development.

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Today's advanced medical technology often allows death to be a choice.

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The U.S. government pays ___________of the population's medical costs.

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"Barefoot doctors," acupuncture, and the use of medicinal herbs are all part of the medical system in

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Schooling in all countries-both high-income and low-income-reflects cultural values.

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