University of Central FloridaSYO 4400

Chapter 7

Illness Behavior

Multiple Choice Questions

1)The most common response to symptoms of illness by people throughout the world is:

1. 1. Health behavior.
   2. Illness behavior.
   3. Self care.
   4. Doctor visits.
   5. None of the above.

2. Visits to physicians are higher for:
   1. Males.
   2. Females.
   3. Adults.
   4. No difference in the response options.
   5. None of the above.

3. The data in the Dutton (1978) study on health care utilization among the poor favored the

                               hypothesis.

1. 1. Systems barrier.
   2. Financial coverage.
   3. Culture of poverty.
   4. Disparities.
   5. None of the above.

4. Which group has the highest percentage of persons without health insurance?
   1. Non-Hispanic white.
   2. Non-Hispanic black.
   3. Hispanic, Mexican.
   4. Asians.
   5. European migrants.

5. Which social class visits doctors the least?
   1. Upper classes.
   2. Upper and middle classes.
   3. Middle classes.

1. 4. Lower classes.
   5. All of the above.

6. The process of seeking medical help involving a group of potential consultants, beginning in the family and extending outward to more select individuals until professionals are consulted, is known as the:
   1. Medical referral system.
   2. Lay-referral system.
   3. Professional referral system.
   4. Health networking process.
   5. None of the above.

7. Persons with a low sense of locus-of-control tend to have:
   1. More self-initiated preventive care.
   2. Less self-initiated preventive care.
   3. More optimism about the effectiveness of care.
   4. Less pessimissim about the effectiveness of care.
   5. None of the above.

8. According to Suchman, persons in a cosmopolitan group were found to:
   1. Demonstrate high ethnic exclusivity.
   2. Distrust health professionals.
   3. Be very dependent on others while sick.
   4. All of the above.
   5. None of the above.

9.                                  interpretations of feeling states are medically significant, because sometimes physical changes are not obvious.
   1. Objective.
   2. Subjective.
   3. Professional.
   4. Thoughtful.
   5. None of the above.

10. Which is a component of self-care?

1. 1. Taking preventive measures.
   2. Self-treatment of symptoms.
   3. Managing chronic conditions.
   4. Consultation with health care providers.
   5. All of the above are components of self-care.

11. A number of factors have promoted self-care on the part of laypersons. Which is a factor?
    1. The shift in disease patterns from acute to chronic illnesses.
    2. Dissatisfaction with professional medical care that is depersonalized.
    3. Recognition of the limits of modern medicine.
    4. The increasing awareness of alternative healing practices.
    5. All of the above are factors promoting self-care.

12. People have been doing self-care for                             and it is made easier today by access to the Internet with its abundance of medical information.
    1. A couple years.
    2. Decades.
    3. Centuries.
    4. Self-care is relatively new, and we don’t know how long it has been occurring.
    5. None of the above.

13. People engage in self-care in a manner                        with medical norms, values, and information.
    1. Consistent.
    2. Inconsistent.
    3. At odds with.
    4. In tandem.
    5. None of the above.

14. Which point in the life course is NOT a peak period for when women visit doctors the most?
    1. Childhood.
    2. Childbearing years.
    3. After 35.
    4. After 45.
    5. All of these are peaks in the visitation pattern for females.

15. Woman’s reproductive role accounts for less than                  of all doctor visits. a. 10%.

b.   20%.

c.   30%.

d.   40%.

e.   50%.

16. Who is NOT part of the lay-referral system?
    1. Family.
    2. Friends.
    3. Neighbors.
    4. All are part of the lay-referral system.
    5. None are part of the lay-referral system.

17. The process by which a family provides a child with a specific social identity is:
    1. Classification.
    2. Socialization.
    3. Enculturation.
    4. Brain washing.
    5. None of the above.

18. Which refers to the social relationships a person has during day-to-day interaction, which serves to suggest, advise, influence, or coerce an individual into taking or not taking particular courses of action.
    1. Intrapersonal affect.
    2. Lay-referral system.
    3. Family.
    4. Social network.
    5. None of the above.

19. Which is an example of an alternative medical practitioner?
    1. Clergy..
    2. teachers..
    3. Social worker.

1. 4. Family members.
   5. None of the above..

20. The higher an individual’s socioeconomic position, the                      ethnic the person often becomes.
    1. Less.
    2. More.
    3. Balanced.
    4. Really.
    5. None of the above.

21. In 2010,                    of Americans under 65 have private health insurance. a. 55.3%.

b.   58.3%.

c.   61.7%.

d.   64.9%.

e.   78.1%.

22. Which group has a higher rate of those covered by private insurance than the national average?
    1. Blacks.
    2. Hispanics.
    3. Asians.
    4. Native Americans.
    5. None of the above.

23. Koos’s study helped establish the premise that                               persons are less likely than others to recognize various symptoms as requiring medical treatment and that these beliefs contribute to differences in the actual use of services.
    1. Lower-class.
    2. Middle-class.
    3. Upper-class.
    4. Middle- and upper-class.
    5. Lower- and middle-class.