Homework answers / question archive / Quest #6  Q1) The spread of North American industrialized/processed foods around the globe has been greatly aided by:  Global Advertising WWII US surplus and Aid to Europe Advent of cheap international shipping  All answers above are correct   Q2: Food as a symbol of counter-culture OR subculture would be considered a(n): Argot Carrott Anomaly All of the above   Q3: Often food takes on social significance which may include:  Structural Power Cultural Symbolism SES Symbolism All answers above are correct   Q4: SNA theory states that personal autonomy in the western world is becoming: Weaker We do not know yet Static Stronger   Q5: In SNA a network is defined as a set of relationships between objects

Quest #6  Q1) The spread of North American industrialized/processed foods around the globe has been greatly aided by:  Global Advertising WWII US surplus and Aid to Europe Advent of cheap international shipping  All answers above are correct   Q2: Food as a symbol of counter-culture OR subculture would be considered a(n): Argot Carrott Anomaly All of the above   Q3: Often food takes on social significance which may include:  Structural Power Cultural Symbolism SES Symbolism All answers above are correct   Q4: SNA theory states that personal autonomy in the western world is becoming: Weaker We do not know yet Static Stronger   Q5: In SNA a network is defined as a set of relationships between objects

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Quest #6

 Q1) The spread of North American industrialized/processed foods around the globe has been greatly aided by: 

1. Global Advertising
2. WWII US surplus and Aid to Europe
3. Advent of cheap international shipping 
4. All answers above are correct

 

Q2: Food as a symbol of counter-culture OR subculture would be considered a(n):

1. Argot
2. Carrott
3. Anomaly
4. All of the above

 

Q3: Often food takes on social significance which may include: 

1. Structural Power
2. Cultural Symbolism
3. SES Symbolism
4. All answers above are correct

 

Q4: SNA theory states that personal autonomy in the western world is becoming:

1. Weaker
2. We do not know yet
3. Static
4. Stronger

 

Q5: In SNA a network is defined as a set of relationships between objects.

1. True
2. False

 

Q6: Nutrient Capital is best described as:

1. None of the above answers is correct
2. Knowledge of the stock market and food prices
3. Willingness to swap food for economic gain
4. Knowledge of the importance of high nutrient dense foods

 

Q7: SNA is an acronym in social science for:

1. Social network analysis
2. Scrumptious Napoli Apples
3. Secret nodule armaments 
4. Systems network analytics

 

Q8: Sheryl was diagnosed with bipolarity when she was a teenager. She’s hesitant to tell her friends, and tries her best to hide her diagnosis from her coaches, teachers, and employers, since she’s seen other people with the illness be discriminated against on account of it. Bipolarity is an example of a(n): 

1. Untreatable illness
2. Stigmatized illness
3. Withdrawn illness
4. Contested illness

 

Q9: Obesity is most prevalent in which?

1. Low income countries
2. Middle income countries
3. High income countries
4. All countries have rising rates

 

Q10: Until 1973 homosexuality was considered a psychological disorder by the American Psychological Association. Which sociological perspective would be most concerned with why this was considered an illness, and what effect that diagnosis

1. Functionalist
2. Exchange theory 
3. Symbolic interactionist
4. Feminist

 

Q11: What is one of the largest contributors to health problems in low-income countries? a. Sterilization

2. High Calorie Diets
3. Veganism
4. Clean Water Access

 

Q12: Drake lives in Great Britain, where the British government owns and operates the country’s health care system. This is an example of ______:

1. Individual mandates
2. Socialized medicine
3. Private healthcare
4. Limited healthcare

 

Q13: What does it mean when the government subsidies foods?

1. The government pays part of the costs of the food
2. The government gives farmers money to help grow these foods
3. The government helps negotiate low prices for importing these foods
4. All of the answers are correct

 

Q14: When corn, wheat and sugar are subsidized by our taxes, what does that do to the cost for the consumer and profit for industrial agricultural?

1. Cost is cheaper/ Profits Higher
2. Cost is Higher/ Profits Higher
3. Cost is cheaper/ Profits Lower
4. Cost is Higher/ Profits Lower

 

Q15: What do these government subsidies mean for high nutrient dense foods in comparison to low nutrient dense foods?

1. They are more expensive
2. No difference
3. They are cheaper

 

Q16: When people eat low nutrient dense foods it makes them more hungry.

1. True
2. False

 

Q17: When somebody is hungry after eating low nutrient dense food they need to eat again to feed their body, thus eating higher volume of food and spending more money.

1. True 
2. False

 

Q18: In the long run after medical bills are paid and prescription drugs are bought, and time at work is lost- it is more expensive to eat fast food and chips and candy.

1. True
2. False

 

Q19: The United States healthcare system consists of:

1. Public and private insurance coverage
2. Private insurance cover only
3. Global healthcare
4. Socialized medicine

 

Q20: SNA uses the word _____ as a replacement for groups:

1. Node
2. Network
3. Cluster
4. All of the above

 

Q21: Who did a large study on friends and eating behavior using social network analysis?

1. Smith and Krause
2. Motekaitis and Brown
3. Johnson and Dexter
4. Christalkous and Fowler

 

Q22: Ethnic food variance within nations suggests that ______ may be involved in cultural development.

1. Climate Change 
2. Professor Olson
3. Nothing 
4. Geography

 

Q23: Patterns of social ties among actors (people) are largely visible.

1. True
2. False

 

Q24: A food landscape is: 

1. A buffet
2. A well balanced buffet
3. The type of food offerings in a geographic area
4. All answers above are correct

 

Q25: Which of the following is NOT a result of the commodification of health care?

1. HIV spreading across the United States at a rapid rate in the 1980’s
2. The wealthy having greater access to healthcare
3. Spousal benefits being frequently denied to gay and lesbian couples
4. Poorer members of society experiencing illness caused by poor diet

 

Q26: Epidemiology is:

1. The study of the social process that normalizes “sick” behavior
2. The study of the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases
3. The study of how people manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorder, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy
4. The study of the process that changes “bad” behavior into “sick” behavior

 

Q27: Which of the following would a social epidemiologist be likely to study:

1. The effects of redistricting on a local election
2. The high cancer rates surrounding a large manufacturing plant in New Mexico
3. The prevalence of crime surrounding John Hopkins Hospital 
4. The use of cough medicine as a recreational drug for suburban teens  

 

Q28: When a number of young, gay men in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles began dying of a mysterious disease in the early 1980’s, the public began referring to the disease as “the gay cancer,” stigmatizing the disease for doctors and patients. This is an example of:

1. The decriminalization of HIV
2. The medicalization of deviance
3. The social construction of the illness experience
4. The cultural meaning of illness