Chapters 10,11,12 Study Guide
EXAM 4 Study Guide
SOC 2010
Chapters 10, 11, 12
CHAPTER 10 Health and Medicine
Epidemiology
Fertility
Fecundity
Morbidity
Incident Rate
Prevalence Rate
Acute Illness
Mortality
Infant Mortality
Sick Role (know the parts that Parsons identified)
Medicalization
The Center for Disease Control reported that the overall life expectancy, not accounting for race or gender, reached a record high of __________ in 2008.
The crude birth rate in the United States for 2007 was about __________.
While women live __________ than men, the three leading causes of death __________ are identical for males and females.
Children in poor or near-poor families are __________ more likely not to have a usual source of health care than children in non-poor families.
It is estimated that the United States spends roughly __________ of its Gross Domestic Product on health care; __________ expenditure among industrialized countries.
What are explanations in the book given for why the poor are more likely to be ill than those of higher economic status?
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) covers what?
_____ are the largest minority group in the United states and they are also the _____ (oldest or youngest).
The health care savings from work-based health clinics is estimated between (what percentages)
According to Harvard researchers, illness or medical bills contributed to _____ percent of all bankruptcies in 2007.
CHAPTER 11 The Media
Media
Social Media
Conglomerations
Internet
Know the functionalist, conflict and symbolic interactionism perspectives
Rank the following types of media, from greatest to least, based on the average time Americans spend using them: Recorded music, television, reading the daily paper, the Internet.
Know the top five media conglomerates so you can identify those mentioned as a “truly multi-media corporation” in Chapter 11?
Journalism has traditionally
SOC 2010
Chapters 10, 11, 12
CHAPTER 10 Health and Medicine
Epidemiology
Fertility
Fecundity
Morbidity
Incident Rate
Prevalence Rate
Acute Illness
Mortality
Infant Mortality
Sick Role (know the parts that Parsons identified)
Medicalization
The Center for Disease Control reported that the overall life expectancy, not accounting for race or gender, reached a record high of __________ in 2008.
The crude birth rate in the United States for 2007 was about __________.
While women live __________ than men, the three leading causes of death __________ are identical for males and females.
Children in poor or near-poor families are __________ more likely not to have a usual source of health care than children in non-poor families.
It is estimated that the United States spends roughly __________ of its Gross Domestic Product on health care; __________ expenditure among industrialized countries.
What are explanations in the book given for why the poor are more likely to be ill than those of higher economic status?
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) covers what?
_____ are the largest minority group in the United states and they are also the _____ (oldest or youngest).
The health care savings from work-based health clinics is estimated between (what percentages)
According to Harvard researchers, illness or medical bills contributed to _____ percent of all bankruptcies in 2007.
CHAPTER 11 The Media
Media
Social Media
Conglomerations
Internet
Know the functionalist, conflict and symbolic interactionism perspectives
Rank the following types of media, from greatest to least, based on the average time Americans spend using them: Recorded music, television, reading the daily paper, the Internet.
Know the top five media conglomerates so you can identify those mentioned as a “truly multi-media corporation” in Chapter 11?
Journalism has traditionally