SOC 001 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Culture - ANSWER the sum of the social categories & concepts we embrace in addition to
beliefs,
behaviors, & practices; everything but the natural environment around us (ex.
Technologies, belief systems, ideologies, symbolic representations)
Transmitted to us via socialization
Medicalization - ANSWER the process by which problems or issues not traditionally seen as
medical come to be framed as such e.g. drug use, depression, anxiety
Sick Role - ANSWER Talcott Parsons; s concept describing the social rights and obligations of
a sick individual e.g. socially accepted role of deviance, if you get unwell you get special
treatment
Correlation of Health and Race - ANSWER White people live longer than black people which
could be due to racial bias within medicine
Correlation of Health and Socioeconomic Status - ANSWER able to afford better health care,
cultural capital- non financial assets to help you succeed, live in better/safer neighborhoods
, Correlation of Health and Gender - ANSWER Women are more likely to seek medical care,
more likely to stay at home, feel obligated to stay healthy, men have more dangerous leisure
activities
Correlation of Health and Marital Status - ANSWER more likely to take care of each
other/health insurance
Correlation of Health and Family Structure, large vs small - ANSWER L: more people to take
care of so less attention on individuals, health is very closely related to your place in society
US lag of maternal rate - ANSWER due to free health care in other countries
Education - ANSWER the process through which academic, social, and cultural skills are
developed
Hidden Curriculum - ANSWER the nonacademic and less overt socialization functions of
schooling e.g. making friends, self awareness, learning respect/punishment
Hidden Curriculum at Lehigh - ANSWER networking
to advocate for yourself
how to live independently
SOLUTIONS
Culture - ANSWER the sum of the social categories & concepts we embrace in addition to
beliefs,
behaviors, & practices; everything but the natural environment around us (ex.
Technologies, belief systems, ideologies, symbolic representations)
Transmitted to us via socialization
Medicalization - ANSWER the process by which problems or issues not traditionally seen as
medical come to be framed as such e.g. drug use, depression, anxiety
Sick Role - ANSWER Talcott Parsons; s concept describing the social rights and obligations of
a sick individual e.g. socially accepted role of deviance, if you get unwell you get special
treatment
Correlation of Health and Race - ANSWER White people live longer than black people which
could be due to racial bias within medicine
Correlation of Health and Socioeconomic Status - ANSWER able to afford better health care,
cultural capital- non financial assets to help you succeed, live in better/safer neighborhoods
, Correlation of Health and Gender - ANSWER Women are more likely to seek medical care,
more likely to stay at home, feel obligated to stay healthy, men have more dangerous leisure
activities
Correlation of Health and Marital Status - ANSWER more likely to take care of each
other/health insurance
Correlation of Health and Family Structure, large vs small - ANSWER L: more people to take
care of so less attention on individuals, health is very closely related to your place in society
US lag of maternal rate - ANSWER due to free health care in other countries
Education - ANSWER the process through which academic, social, and cultural skills are
developed
Hidden Curriculum - ANSWER the nonacademic and less overt socialization functions of
schooling e.g. making friends, self awareness, learning respect/punishment
Hidden Curriculum at Lehigh - ANSWER networking
to advocate for yourself
how to live independently
