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For Thomas Robert Malthus, the appropriate way to control population was to: |
| | A) | use artificial means of birth control |
| | B) | postpone marriage |
| | C) | pass legislation prohibiting families from having more than one child |
| | D) | do all of the above |
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Of the following nations, life expectancy at birth is highest in: |
| | A) | Japan |
| | B) | the United States |
| | C) | Gambia |
| | D) | unknown |
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Which of the following is a criticism of the sick role? |
| | A) | Patients' judgments regarding their own state of health may be related to their gender, age, social class, and ethnic group. |
| | B) | The sick role may be more applicable to people experiencing short-term illnesses than those with recurring long-term illnesses. |
| | C) | Even simple factors, such as whether a person is employed or not, seem to affect willingness to assume the sick role. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which sociological perspective would note that poor and rural sections of the United States tend to be underserved because medical services concentrate where people are numerous or wealthy? |
| | A) | functionalist perspective |
| | B) | conflict perspective |
| | C) | interactionist perspective |
| | D) | neo-Malthusian view |
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The conflict perspective would note that: |
| | A) | Physicians serve as "gatekeepers" for the sick role, either verifying a patient's condition as "illness" or designating the patient as "recovered." |
| | B) | Patients play an active role in health care by failing to follow a physician's advice. |
| | C) | Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits by "dumping" unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries. |
| | D) | The designation "healthy" or "ill" generally involves social definition by others. |
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Which sociological perspective emphasizes that patients should not always be viewed as passive, but instead as an actor who often shows a powerful intent to see the physician? |
| | A) | functionalist perspective |
| | B) | conflict perspective |
| | C) | interactionist perspective |
| | D) | labeling theory |
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Which of the following nations has the lowest infant mortality rate? |
| | A) | the United States |
| | B) | Mozambique |
| | C) | Canada |
| | D) | Sweden |
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The final stage in demographic transition is marked by: |
| | A) | high birthrates and death rates |
| | B) | high birthrates and low death rates |
| | C) | low birthrates and high death rates |
| | D) | low birthrates and low death rates |
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According to ____________ ____________, a variety of life experiences can come to be viewed as illnesses or not. |
| | A) | functionalist perspective |
| | B) | conflict perspective |
| | C) | interactionist perspective |
| | D) | labeling theory |
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In 1974, members of the American Psychiatric Association voted to drop ______________ from the standard manual of mental disorders. |
| | A) | Pre-Menstrual Syndrome |
| | B) | homosexuality |
| | C) | schizophrenia |
| | D) | hyperactivity |
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Compared with Whites, Blacks have higher death rates from: |
| | A) | heart disease |
| | B) | diabetes |
| | C) | cancer |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Population pyramids indicate that a substantial portion of the population in sub-Saharan Africa (which includes such countries as Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zaire, and South Africa) consists of: |
| | A) | adults over 50 years of age |
| | B) | people in mid-life (40-60 years of age) |
| | C) | children under the age of 15 |
| | D) | young adults (20-40 years of age) |
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Demographers who once believed that the U. S. population would stabilize between 290 and 300 million people now believe that it will stabilize at around 390 million people because our: |
| | A) | overall birthrate will increase significantly in the early part of the new century |
| | B) | life expectancy at birth will shortly increase to nearly 100 years of age |
| | C) | immigration rate is expected to remain high |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The first stage of the demographic transition is called the: |
| | A) | pretransition stage |
| | B) | transition stage |
| | C) | posttransition stage |
| | D) | initiation stage |
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Which country is currently experiencing a negative birthrate? |
| | A) | China |
| | B) | Bangladesh |
| | C) | Iran |
| | D) | Tunisia |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education