LSU Sociology 2001 Final Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
alcoholism - Answers A disease related to the drinking of alcohol that has identifiable and progressive
symptoms. (If untreated, alcoholism can lead to mental damage, physical incapacity, and early death.)
barefoot doctors - Answers People chosen by the peasants in the communes in Communists China to
provide medicine and treat simple illnesses and emergencies and receive three to eighteen months of
training.
chiropractors - Answers Those who practice healing by manipulating the body, especially the spine.
degenerative diseases - Answers Those diseases that slowly disable the body as one gets older, such as
heart disease and cancer.
diagnostic related groups (DRGs) - Answers The schedule of payment limits set by the federal
government for Medicaid and Medicare recipients.
epidemiology - Answers The study of the spread of diseases.
fee-for-service - Answers A medical payment system in which the physician is paid for each visit and
each service rendered.
fetal monitoring - Answers Measuring the vital signs of the infant as it is being born.
health maintenance organization (HMO) - Answers A prepaid health care plan in which a fee is paid in
advance for all necessary health care.
heroic medicine - Answers Dramatic medical treatments such as bleeding, blistering, or administering
poisonous laxatives.
hypochondriac - Answers A healthy person who believes he or she is ill.
infectious diseases - Answers Diseases caused by germs and viruses that can be spread from one person
to another.
laissez faire - Answers An economy in which there is no government planning or intervention.
Medicaid - Answers Federally sponsored health insurance for the poor.
medical center - Answers A major hospital that trains new physicians, conducts research, and provides
tertiary medical care.
medical model of illness - Answers A model of illness in which sickness is viewed as an individual
problem requiring individual treatment.
Medicare - Answers Federally sponsored health insurance for people age sixty-five or older.
municipal hospital - Answers A hospital built and operated by a city or county.
, noblesse oblige - Answers The obligation of the rich to give to the poor and suffering.
nutritionist - Answers A person who specialized in proper eating programs.
orphan drugs - Answers Drugs that are valuable in the treatment of rare diseases but are not profitable
to manufacture.
pathological illness - Answers An illness in which the body is clearly diseased or malfunctioning in some
way.
placebo effect - Answers A benefit arising from a patient's belief that a medicine will have a beneficial
effect.
primary medical care - Answers The first general, overall care the patient needs.
proprietary hospital - Answers A hospital that is privately owned, usually by physicians or hospital
corporations.
registered dietitian (RD) - Answers Licensed members of hospital staffs that plan regular meals and
special diets for patients.
secondary care givers - Answers Those who provide more specialized care than that provided by a
general practitioner.
secondary medical care - Answers Care that is more specialized than the care a general practitioner
provides.
sick role - Answers A set of expectations, privileges, and obligations related to illness.
social model of illness - Answers The view that much disease is caused by social conditions and that it
can be cured by changing social conditions.
statistical illness - Answers An illness in which one's health varies from the norm.
tertiary medical care - Answers Long-term care requiring complex technology.
voluntary hospital - Answers A nonprofit hospital that treats patients who need short-term care.
acting crowd - Answers A crowd that acts on the basis of aroused impulse and this one that may be
volatile, aggressive, and dangerous.
casual crowd - Answers A crowd that is high in anonymity but low in suggestibility, contagion, emotional
arousal, and unity.
censorship - Answers Prohibiting the availability of some type of information.
classical perspective - Answers A view of acting crowd behavior that suggests that people in a crowd lose
their conscious personalities and act impulsively on the basis of their instincts rather than reason.
alcoholism - Answers A disease related to the drinking of alcohol that has identifiable and progressive
symptoms. (If untreated, alcoholism can lead to mental damage, physical incapacity, and early death.)
barefoot doctors - Answers People chosen by the peasants in the communes in Communists China to
provide medicine and treat simple illnesses and emergencies and receive three to eighteen months of
training.
chiropractors - Answers Those who practice healing by manipulating the body, especially the spine.
degenerative diseases - Answers Those diseases that slowly disable the body as one gets older, such as
heart disease and cancer.
diagnostic related groups (DRGs) - Answers The schedule of payment limits set by the federal
government for Medicaid and Medicare recipients.
epidemiology - Answers The study of the spread of diseases.
fee-for-service - Answers A medical payment system in which the physician is paid for each visit and
each service rendered.
fetal monitoring - Answers Measuring the vital signs of the infant as it is being born.
health maintenance organization (HMO) - Answers A prepaid health care plan in which a fee is paid in
advance for all necessary health care.
heroic medicine - Answers Dramatic medical treatments such as bleeding, blistering, or administering
poisonous laxatives.
hypochondriac - Answers A healthy person who believes he or she is ill.
infectious diseases - Answers Diseases caused by germs and viruses that can be spread from one person
to another.
laissez faire - Answers An economy in which there is no government planning or intervention.
Medicaid - Answers Federally sponsored health insurance for the poor.
medical center - Answers A major hospital that trains new physicians, conducts research, and provides
tertiary medical care.
medical model of illness - Answers A model of illness in which sickness is viewed as an individual
problem requiring individual treatment.
Medicare - Answers Federally sponsored health insurance for people age sixty-five or older.
municipal hospital - Answers A hospital built and operated by a city or county.
, noblesse oblige - Answers The obligation of the rich to give to the poor and suffering.
nutritionist - Answers A person who specialized in proper eating programs.
orphan drugs - Answers Drugs that are valuable in the treatment of rare diseases but are not profitable
to manufacture.
pathological illness - Answers An illness in which the body is clearly diseased or malfunctioning in some
way.
placebo effect - Answers A benefit arising from a patient's belief that a medicine will have a beneficial
effect.
primary medical care - Answers The first general, overall care the patient needs.
proprietary hospital - Answers A hospital that is privately owned, usually by physicians or hospital
corporations.
registered dietitian (RD) - Answers Licensed members of hospital staffs that plan regular meals and
special diets for patients.
secondary care givers - Answers Those who provide more specialized care than that provided by a
general practitioner.
secondary medical care - Answers Care that is more specialized than the care a general practitioner
provides.
sick role - Answers A set of expectations, privileges, and obligations related to illness.
social model of illness - Answers The view that much disease is caused by social conditions and that it
can be cured by changing social conditions.
statistical illness - Answers An illness in which one's health varies from the norm.
tertiary medical care - Answers Long-term care requiring complex technology.
voluntary hospital - Answers A nonprofit hospital that treats patients who need short-term care.
acting crowd - Answers A crowd that acts on the basis of aroused impulse and this one that may be
volatile, aggressive, and dangerous.
casual crowd - Answers A crowd that is high in anonymity but low in suggestibility, contagion, emotional
arousal, and unity.
censorship - Answers Prohibiting the availability of some type of information.
classical perspective - Answers A view of acting crowd behavior that suggests that people in a crowd lose
their conscious personalities and act impulsively on the basis of their instincts rather than reason.
