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KIN/HS 169 Diversity, Stress, and Health
Final Exam Study Guide
GENERAL NOTES
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Note: Bring Scantron T&E 200 (blue and white 100Qs) (DO THIS CORRECTLY!)
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Bring a No# 2 pencil
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Test Composition: There will be true/false and multiple choice.
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Material covered on final exam is will include everything covered after the midterm – see below for
details
Tips:
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Reread key end sections of reader articles
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Reread ppt notes for all lectures -- questions are largely drawn from these slides
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Try to make connection points between topics
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Know key terms, definitions, and theories for the various topics listed below and highlighted in class
lecture
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Read over ppt notes in detail!
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Get good rest the night before
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Relax, use positive self-talk
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Bring the correct materials
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Focus on what was covered in class
Exam Format:
90 M.C. & T/F questions, 1pts. each, 90pts. total, 100% of overall exam grade
All material covered in the second half of the course is fair game! In general, focus your study efforts in the
following areas:
Postings & Handouts
Make sure to post on all topics. Posting closes for all topics the last day of instruction at midnight. You can still
post until that time and date for half credit on late postings. All handouts are due by the last day of class –
midnight. Post all papers and handouts to canvas dropboxes. Make sure to check your turnitin.com scores on
your finals papers. All postings are due by the last day of class. All extra credit is due last before class.
All material covered in the second half of the course is fair game!
Class Lecture Notes:
▪ Socioeconomic Status and Stress – LN8
▪ Techno culture, Stress, and Health – LN7
▪ Bioethics - LN7
▪ Disability – LN9
▪ Age and Stress over the lifespan – Ch. 19
▪ Healthcare – LN8
▪ Minority Health Research – on general

▪ African Americans, Asian Americans, LGBTQ, Latino Americans – see TOC of text
▪ Immigration – Latinos – Ch. 18, LN5D
▪ Race – LN5A
Reader Articles: (all articles can be found under modules – course reader or under announcements on
canvas)
▪ Bioethics Packet
▪ Univ. of Maine Healthcare article
▪ X2 Disability Articles
▪ X4 technology/bioethics articles
▪ Whiteness & privilege article
▪ Race & plausible deniability article, Kanye West
Some theories and definitions to know:
▪ Institutionalized racism – LN5A
Institutional Racism – def. pattern of negative treatment and oppression by society’s institutions
▪ Myth of meritocracy – LN8
Meritocracy - will gain rewards based on merit
Class relations in most Western societies are based on an ideology in which economic success is equated with
individual ability, worth, and character
▪ Phenomenology – LN6
Self an embodied consciousness • Body as point of insertion into the world
▪ Technoculture – LN6
Describes the notion that technology is implicated in all aspects of modern culture
▪ The Cohort effect – Ch. 19, LN11
▪ Social stratification – LN8
Social Stratification: Social attributes are ranked hierarchically (seen as superior or inferior)Structures of social
inequity among groups of people is called social stratification. Those who possess social power and resources can