Question 1 0 out of 1 points the relationship between

 Question 1
0 out of 1 points
The relationship between level of educational attainment (e.g. years of
education) and risk of disease and death is best explained by which of the
following statements:
Selected
Answers:
a.
More years of education provides opportunities for higher wage jobs
with health supportive benefits.
b.
More years of education can help develop increased perseverance,
confidence, and problem solving skills that contribute to enhanced
sense of personal control.
c.
More years of education enhances health literacy which contributes
to an increased likelihood of changing or adopting new health
behaviors.
Answers: a.
More years of education provides opportunities for higher wage jobs
with health supportive benefits.
b.
More years of education can help develop increased perseverance,
confidence, and problem solving skills that contribute to enhanced
sense of personal control.
c.
More years of education enhances health literacy which contributes
to an increased likelihood of changing or adopting new health
behaviors.
d.
More years of education are likely to contribute to more high demand
work that increases levels of stress and decreases quality of life,
thereby increases disease risk.
e.
More years of education gives people increased social status in the
US.
Response
Feedback:
More years of education are likely to contribute to jobs with more
control and higher wages, and to enhanced social support and the
kinds of psycho-social abilities that increase sense of personal
control. Additionally, more years of education appear to be
associated with lowered cortisol production and lower risk of
hypertension.
 Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Inequality is defined as:

Answers: Egalitarian organization aimed at promoting rights.
Differences in opportunity or life chances.
The dynamic relationship between society and
naturalistic studies.
All of these.
Resource distribution criteria.
 Question 3
0 out of 1 points
A higher rate of mortality in a population than would be expected over a set time period
based on average life expectancy is called:
Selected
Answer:
exponential
death
Answers: abnormal
death
exponential
death
none of these.
unusual death
excess death
 Question 4
1 out of 1 points
It is fairly easy and quite common in the United States for somone born into
poverty to work their way out of it.
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
Answers: True
Fals
e
 Question 5
1 out of 1 points
What was the importance of the Whitehall study conducted in Britain?
Selected
Answer:
The middle level workers had less mortality risk than the lower
grade workers but a higher mortality risk than the top grade
workers.
Answers: The top grade workers had the highest risk of heart attacks since
they had the most stress.