Test Bank [key answer provided bellow every
chapter]
Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health &
Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Selecttheonecorrectanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.
• Whichofthefollowingbestdefinestheterm“gender”asusedinthistext?
• Aperson’ssex
• Aperson’ssexasdefinedbysociety
• Asocietalresponsetoaperson’sself-representationasamanorwoman
• Aperson’sbiologicalpresentationasdefinedbyhimselforherself
• Whichfactorbearsmostonwomen’shealthcaretoday?
• Thecomplexityofwomen’shealth
• Women’sstatusandpositioninsociety
• Populationgrowth
• Theeconomy
• Whyisacknowledgingtheoppressionofwomenmorediffic
ultwithinWesternsocieties?
• Themultiplicityofminoritygroupscomplicatestheissue.
• Theavailabilityofhealthcaremakesacknowledgmentmoredifficult.
• Thediversityofthenewsmediacloudstheissue.
• Affluenceandincreasedopportunitiesmaskoppression.
• Whichofthefollowingmostaccuratelydefines“oppression”asusedinthetext?
• Nothavingachoice
• Nothavingavoice
• Anactoftyranny
• Afeelingofbeingburdened
• Inwhatwaydoesamodelofcarebasedonafeministperspectivecontrasts
harplywithabiomedicalmodel?
• Itprovidesaforumfortheexplorationofgenderissues.
• Itseeksequaldistributionofpowerwithinthehealthcareinteraction.
• Itemphasizeswomen’srights.
, • Itopensnewavenuesforwomen’shealthcare.
• Genderisrootedin andshapedby.
• society,biology
• self-representation,societalexpectations
• biology,environmentandexperience
• biology,hormones
• Women’shealthrisks,treatments,andapproachesarenotalwaysbased
inscienceandbiologybecause
• theyareoftenbasedonoutdatedtreatmentsandapproaches.
• theyaredeterminedbysocialexpectationsandgenderassumptions.
• theyoftenrelyonalternativetreatmentsandapproaches.
• scientificresearchoftenfailstotakewomenintoconsideration.
• ReproductiverightswereaddedtotheWorldHealthOrga
nization’shumanrightsframeworkinthelast?
• 5years
• 10years
• 20years
• 40years
• “SafeMotherhood”wasaddedtothehumanrightsframeworkinorderto
• addressmaternalmorbidityandmortalityonagloballevel
• meetalegalobligation
• correctaninjustice
• correctanoversight
• Whatisachieffailingofthebiomedicalmodelinregardstowomen’shealthcare?
• Itsrelianceonstudiescomprisedexclusivelyofmales
• Itsconsiderationofwomenascentralthemodel
• Itsemphasisonscienceandmedicine
• Itslimiteddefinitionof“health”as“theabsenceofdisease”
• Thesocialmodelofhealthplacesthefocusofhealthon
• thecommunity.
• theindividual.
• environmentalconditions.
• scientificresearch.
• Whichquestionbelowsupportsthestrategy:“Identifywomen’sagen
cyinthemidstofsocialconstraintandthebiomedicalparadigm.”?
• “Are‘allwomen’thesame?”
• “Whydoyoucareabouttheissue?”
• “Arewomenreallyvictimsoraretheyactingwithagency?”
, • “Whohasachoicewithinthecontextofhealth?”
• Whathadbeenasignificantprobleminmedicalresearchwellintothe1990s?
• Thefocusonrandomizedclinicaltrialsoverepidemiologicalinvestigations
• Thelackofrepresentationofwomeninresearchtrials
• Thelackofresearchrelatedtogynecology
• Thefocusonrandomizedclinicaltrialsoverobservationalresearch
• Genderdifferencesinheartdiseasecanbefoundin
• diagnosis.
• treatment.
• identificationofsymptoms.
• alloftheabove.
• Whatopportunitiesarecreatedbyapplyingfeministstrategiestogynecologichealth?
• Betterinsightintoresearchmethodsrelatedtogynecology
• Betteraccesstothepopulationsaffectedbygynecologichealth
• Betterunderstandingsfromawellness-oriented,women-centeredframework
• Betterunderstandingsofthesocialconstructionofgender
ANSWERKEY
MULTIPLE-CHOICEQUESTIONS
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CHAPTER2Women'sGrowthandDevelopmentAcrosstheLifeSpanMUL
TIPLE-CHOICEQUESTIONS
Selecttheonecorrectanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.
• HowdoesErickErikson’sgrandtheoryofhumandevelopmentdifferforfemales?
• Itrecognizesachievingautonomyasaprimaryfocus.
• Itassumesonlymendesireautonomy.
• Itassumesfemaledependenceonanotherinordertoachieveasenseofself.
• Itassumesfemalesdesiredependenceonothers.
• Whatistrueabouthumandevelopmenttheoriespublishedbeforethe1970s?
• Theyarebasedoninterviewsconductedonlywithmen.
• Theyassumeandrocentricmodelscanbeappliedcorrectlytowomen.
• Theyframewomen’sdevelopmentasflawedincomparisontothestandard.
• Alloftheabove.
• Whatistheintentionofthenewerfeministmodels
ofdevelopment?
• Toofferanewmodelwithinthetraditional
biomedicalfocus.
• Toofferalternativestotheconstrainedandpreviouslymisappliedmodels.
• Toreplacemalegeneralistmodelswithfemalegeneralistmodels.
• Topresentacontrasttoprivileged,whitemale-basedmodels.
• Whatisakeylimitationofprevailingdevelopmentalmodelsforwomen?
• Genderdifferencesassumedtobebiologicallydet
erminedaremoreoftensociallyconstructed.
• Theypresentconflictingandmisappliedmodels.
• Genderdifferencesareassumedtobesociallyprescribed.
• Similaritiesbetweenmaleandfemaleareemphasizedoverdifferences.
• Whateventinfemaledevelopmentmarksthebeginningofatensionbetwee
nbiologicchangesandthesocialcontext?
• Turning18yearsold