Text-Book Notes

Question 1

Stereotype threat

Answer 1

Individuals become so anxious about confirming a stereotype with their social group, their performance suffers.

Question 2

STEAM studies

Answer 2

Females who remain in STEM programs face many obstacles in their pursuit of higher education.
-Gender Biases
-Sexual harassment
-Lower hiring rates than men.

Question 3

Talcott Parsons Gender role functions

Answer 3

-The socialization of children and the stabilization of adult personalities that are important to the wellbeing of individuals and society.

Question 4

Epidemiological Transition

Answer 4

Historical changes in patterns of morbidity and mortality.

Question 5

The 4 phases of Epidemiological Transition

Answer 5

1. Famine, Infectious, and Parasitic Diseases.
2. Epidemics, of Infectious and parasitic diseases
3. Decline in epidemics, increase in degenerative diseases.
4. Degenerative diseases and New Infectious diseases.

Question 6

Emergence of New infectious diseases

Answer 6

The overuse of antibiotics in medicine and livestock production has created strains of drug resistant bacteria that medical science is unable to treat.

Question 7

Leading Causes of Death Statistics Canada

Answer 7

Ages 15-24 (Accidents, Suicide, Cancer).
Ages 65-74 (Cancer, Heart Disease, and respiratory diseases).

Question 8

Actual Causes of most deaths

Answer 8

Lifestyle behaviors are significant contributors to degenerative diseases.

Question 9

Victimless Crimes

Answer 9

Criminal Offences that involve consensual relations in the exchange of illegal goods or services.

Question 10

Prejudice

Answer 10

An attitude that is unrelated to reality and is generalized to all members of a certain group.
Stereotypes are a form of prejudice.

Question 11

Conflict perspective of Families

Answer 11

Conflict is viewed as a normal part of family relationships, which are characterized as disagreements.

Question 12

World Health Organization’s (WHO) Definition of Health.

Answer 12

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 13

Rising Healthcare costs reasons

Answer 13

-Aging population
-Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors

Question 14

Social Inequalities in Health

Answer 14

The single most important determinant of health globally is socioeconomic status: higher position in the social structure is associated with better health.

Question 15

Social Selection Hypothesis

Answer 15

People with mental health disorders may drift into lower levels of social status.

Question 16

Social Causation Hypothesis

Answer 16

Stresses associated with having lower social status contributes to the development of mental disorders.

Question 17

Alfred Kinsey Research

Answer 17

Contended that sexualities were not represented by dualism but by a spectrum.