Soc Notes 1025: Final Week 2 - What is Sociology?

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What is the main difference between camouflaging and redesigning the body?

Camouflaging is temporary and non-invasive, while redesigning is permanent and reconstructive (correct)

Camouflaging focuses on self-expression, while redesigning aims to eliminate body parts

Camouflaging involves hiding undesirable aspects, while redesigning involves extending natural limitations

Camouflaging involves technology, while redesigning involves reducing body parts

What does health disparities refer to?

Differences in health status across groups (correct)

The impact of educational attainment on health

The effects of technology on body reconstruction

The relationship between social factors and body features

How is higher educational attainment related to health, as discussed in the text?

It is associated with better health outcomes due to multiple reasons (correct)

It results in camouflaging certain body parts

It affects mental health but not physical well-being

It leads to permanent body reconstruction for health benefits

What is the focus of social epidemiology as described in the text?

Effects of social determinants of health on health and health disparities Signup and view all the answers

Which term best describes 'overcoming a natural limitation of the body through a technological device'?

Extending Signup and view all the answers

What does 'socioeconomic gradient in health' refer to?

A positive correlation between socio-economic position and health Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of norms?

To prescribe values Signup and view all the answers

What type of culture includes tools, technology, and techniques that improve human's ability to interact with nature?

Material culture Signup and view all the answers

In the context of culture, what do the elements contribute to according to the Functionalist perspective?

Social order and community bonds Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the Conflict perspective on culture?

Struggle between groups with more powerful groups having dominance Signup and view all the answers

Which federal government policy promotes the maintenance of culturally diverse communities in Canada?

Multiculturalism Signup and view all the answers

What did the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-1969 (Bill C-150) achieve in Canada regarding private spaces?

Decriminalized sex between men over 21 in private spaces Signup and view all the answers

Which historical period is characterized by an eclectic mix of cultural elements and the erosion of authority according to the text?

Postmodernism era Signup and view all the answers

What does the concept of 'looking-glass self' developed by Charles Horton Cooley describe?

How our sense of self develops based on how we perceive others are perceiving us Signup and view all the answers

What do privileged groups and organizations use to keep outsiders out?

Cultural Capital Signup and view all the answers

What process allows individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage to be absorbed into society by adopting traits of the dominant culture?

Assimilation Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of sociology?

The systematic study of human behavior in social context Signup and view all the answers

What is 'agency' in the context of sociology?

The capacity of individuals to exercise their own free will Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of social structure?

Individual Structures Signup and view all the answers

What is the sociological imagination?

The ability to see the connection between personal troubles and social structures Signup and view all the answers

Which revolution encouraged evidence-based conclusions about society?

The Scientific Revolution Signup and view all the answers

How do social structures affect individuals' free will?

They constrain individuals' free will Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a critique of the medicalization process?

It turns natural processes into medically supervised procedures Signup and view all the answers

What is the main criticism of biomedicine with regards to medicalization?

It does not recognize the role of socio-cultural factors in medicine Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of medicalization?

The process by which certain behaviors or conditions are defined as medical problems and medical intervention becomes the focus of remedy and social control Signup and view all the answers

What is iatrogenesis?

Health problems that are caused by health professionals Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a critique of Big Pharma in relation to medicalization?

It identifies normal conditions as diseases that can be treated with drugs or procedures Signup and view all the answers

What is the leading cause of death among Canadians aged 30-39?

Opioid overdose Signup and view all the answers

Since when has Canada had a socialized insurance, single payer health care system?

1984 Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a key principle of the life course perspective?

Genetic predisposition Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the Canadian government in setting health policies?

The government plays a role in setting some health policies Signup and view all the answers

What is the interdisciplinary theory that seeks to understand the multiple factors that shape people’s lives from birth to death?

The life course perspective Signup and view all the answers

What worsened the opioid crisis in Canada?

The COVID-19 pandemic Signup and view all the answers