Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

The Social Structure of Medicine, Talcott Parsons

1		Medical practice is seen by Parsons as
			A)	an institution which creates sickness in society
			B)	a "mechanism" in the social system for coping with the illnesses of its members
			C)	a corrupt institution which deals only with cures rather than prevention
			D)	a system run by, and for, the elites in society
2		Parsons indicates that as part of their specificity of function, doctors must display _____.
			A)	high technical competence
			B)	a self-oriented work ethic
			C)	high cultural capital
			D)	love for their job
3		According to Parsons, health is one of the ______ of an individual member of society.
			A)	rights
			B)	functional needs
			C)	obligations
			D)	rational demands
4		Parsons uses a cost-benefit analysis to discuss how premature death restrains society from receiving a full quota of social roles.
			A)	True
			B)	False
5		Parsons defines illness simply in terms of biology and physicality.
			A)	True
			B)	False
6		Parsons indicates that illness is a state of disturbance in the normal functioning of the human individual.
			A)	True
			B)	False

Death Stalks a Continent, Johanna McGeary

7		According to McGeary, AIDS is spread in Africa primarily due to
			A)	confounding social, economic, and political mechanisms
			B)	homosexual contract
			C)	intra-veneous drug users
			D)	contaminated food and water supplies
8		All of the following contribute to high rates of HIV/AIDS in Africa EXCEPT
			A)	ignorance about HIV/AIDS
			B)	men's refusal to wear condoms
			C)	legalized prostitution
			D)	mothers passing the virus to fetuses
9		McGeary argues that the key problem to fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa is
			A)	the lack of medical knowledge
			B)	the lack of leadership
			C)	the widespread practice of same-sex relationships
			D)	childhood prostitution
10		According to McGeary, many heterosexual married women in Africa get HIV/AIDS from their husbands
			A)	True
			B)	False
11		Since the beginning of the AIDS crisis in Africa, Americans have actively intervened providing medical supplies and adopting thousands of orphans.
			A)	True
			B)	False
12		HIV/AIDS is highly stigmatized in Africa.
			A)	True
			B)	False

Illness and Identity, David A. Karp

13		Which of the following is NOT one of the conflicts Karp identifies as a part of individuals struggling with depression?
			A)	the politics of having an identity primarily defined by depression
			B)	the control of physicians and psychiatrists who often made things worse
			C)	grappling with how one's parents feel about depression
			D)	the medication and how it was positively or negatively affecting one's life
14		How does Karp use the perspective of depression as a career to further understand
			A)	Identities transform and shift during both the path of depression and of a career
			B)	A depressive person has goals just as a career-oriented person might have goals
			C)	A career imitates a lifetime path as depression is a life-time disease
			D)	Depression is a disease of those who are educated and therefore on a career path
15		a. Identities transform and shift during both the path of depression and of a career
			A)	A depressive person has goals just as a career-oriented person might have goals
			B)	A career imitates a lifetime path as depression is a life-time disease
			C)	Depression is a disease of those who are educated and therefore on a career path
16		Karp's article is sociological because
			A)	he is looking at depression as a disease suffered by many individuals in our
			B)	he is studying how the medical profession deals with depression
			C)	he is concerned with how individuals interact with the social groups around them in identifying their depression
			D)	he is looking at how money plays a role in what treatment a person with depression can have access to
17		In Karp's study, depression developed in many respondents at a very early age.
			A)	True
			B)	False
18		Karp shows that many people who identify as being depressed at some point in their lives can pinpoint specific moments that were turning points in the path of the disease.
			A)	True
			B)	False
19		Karp discusses how, for individuals, giving a name to their disease is NOT a common way of coming to grips with the reality of such a disease.
			A)	True
			B)	False