SOC 229: Sociology of Health & Illness
Midterm review sheet
Summer 2013
The midterm exam will consist of two sections:
PART I – CONCEPT IDENTIFICATION. The exam will feature 10 concepts or terms from the list
below. You will choose 7 of 10 and explain what each concept or term means in a paragraph.
[10 pts each, 70 pts total]
PART II - SHORT ESSAY. Choose 2 of 4 questions and answer them in a short essay (3-5
paragraphs). The questions will be based on the key concepts listed above. [15 pts each, 30
total]
*Responses should focus on the course item(s) referenced in the question, but they may also draw on
other course material (required or recommended, text, audio or video). Responses will be credited for all
knowledgeable references to relevant course material .
The exam will cover the following readings and concepts (in bold italics):
Medical Measures and the Decline of Mortality (McKinlay & McKinlay)
MORBIDITY / MORTALITY / MEDICAL MODEL / LIMITATIONS OF MEDICINE ARGUMENT / NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDS)
Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities (Link & Phelan)
RISK FACTOR / RISK FACTOR MODEL / SES (SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS)
Health Disparities by Race and Class: Why Both Matter (Kawachi et al.)
RACIAL HEALTH DISPARITIES
An Introduction to Durkheim’s Suicide (Edles & Appelrouth)
ANOMIE / ANOMIC SUICIDE / EGOISM / EGOISTIC SUICIDE
Social Relationships and Health (House et al.)
RISK FACTOR / PROTECTIVE FACTOR / RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES / PROSPECTIVE STUDIES / ETIOLOGY
The Social Construction of Illness: Medicalization and Contested Illness (Barker)
MEDICALIZATION / DE-MEDICALIZATION / CONTESTED ILLNESS
Ch. 1: Stigma and Social Identity and Ch. 4: The Self and Its Other, Stigma (Goffman)
VIRTUAL SOCIAL IDENTITY / ACTUAL SOCIAL IDENTITY / DISCREDITED / DISCREDITABLE / MIXED
CONTACTS / COURTESY STIGMA
AIDS and Stigma (Herek)
COURTESY STIGMA
On Being Sane in Insane Places (Rosenhan)
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY / LABELING / DEPERSONALIZATION
The Americanization of Mental Illness (Watter)
SYMPTOM REPERTOIRE / DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL (DSM)/ HIGH EXPRESSED EMOTION
(EE)