MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY EXAM 2
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
Illness behavior - ANS activity undertaken by a person who feels ill for the purpose of
defining that illness and seeking relief from it
self-care - ANS taking preventive measures, self-treatment of symptoms, and managing
chronic conditions
Deviance - ANS acts or behaviors that violate social norms within a given social system and
how people view your choice of action
How many young adults have a mental illness? - ANS 20%
What is the percentage of teenage girls that have an eating disorder? - ANS 35%
What are types of illness behaviors? - ANS acute, chronic, life threatening, heroic, terminal
Parson's Sick Role 4 Stages - ANS exempt from "normal" social roles, not responsible for
condition, try to get better, seek help from a physician
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, Parson's Sick Role Critcism - ANS does not account for behavior variation, does not account
for type of disease, does not account for variations of in patient-physician relationship, does not
apply well to LC, mostly middle class pattern of behavior
conditional legitimacy - ANS temporary exemption from normal obligations
examples: cold pneumonia
unconditional legitimacy - ANS permanent exemption from obligations, plus gain extra
privileges because of hopelessness of deviance
examples: cancer
legitimacy - ANS exempt from some obligations but no additional privileges and may be
stigmatized
examples: epilepsy
Labeling Theory - ANS what is regarded as deviant behavior by one person or social group
may not be so regarded by other persons or social groups
- what is deviant vs. undeviant
Criticism of labeling theory - ANS does not example what causes deviance, does not example
commonalities among deviant actors, does not explain why certain people commit deviant acts
and others in the same circumstances do not
Self-care - ANS layperson preventing, detecting, and treating his or her own health problems
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
Illness behavior - ANS activity undertaken by a person who feels ill for the purpose of
defining that illness and seeking relief from it
self-care - ANS taking preventive measures, self-treatment of symptoms, and managing
chronic conditions
Deviance - ANS acts or behaviors that violate social norms within a given social system and
how people view your choice of action
How many young adults have a mental illness? - ANS 20%
What is the percentage of teenage girls that have an eating disorder? - ANS 35%
What are types of illness behaviors? - ANS acute, chronic, life threatening, heroic, terminal
Parson's Sick Role 4 Stages - ANS exempt from "normal" social roles, not responsible for
condition, try to get better, seek help from a physician
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Parson's Sick Role Critcism - ANS does not account for behavior variation, does not account
for type of disease, does not account for variations of in patient-physician relationship, does not
apply well to LC, mostly middle class pattern of behavior
conditional legitimacy - ANS temporary exemption from normal obligations
examples: cold pneumonia
unconditional legitimacy - ANS permanent exemption from obligations, plus gain extra
privileges because of hopelessness of deviance
examples: cancer
legitimacy - ANS exempt from some obligations but no additional privileges and may be
stigmatized
examples: epilepsy
Labeling Theory - ANS what is regarded as deviant behavior by one person or social group
may not be so regarded by other persons or social groups
- what is deviant vs. undeviant
Criticism of labeling theory - ANS does not example what causes deviance, does not example
commonalities among deviant actors, does not explain why certain people commit deviant acts
and others in the same circumstances do not
Self-care - ANS layperson preventing, detecting, and treating his or her own health problems
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
