Lesson 4.2.3.4
4.2.3.4 Mental illness and its social distribution Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2
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Which sociologist applied labelling theory to mental illness, framing it as residual rule-breaking?
- Talcott Parsons
- Erving Goffman
- Thomas Szasz
- Thomas Scheff
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Which sociologist famously argued that mental illness is a 'myth' used for social control?
- Thomas Scheff
- Erving Goffman
- Thomas Szasz
- Michel Foucault
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According to Erving Goffman, psychiatric asylums are classic examples of what?
- Total institutions
- Informal networks
- Open communities
- Primary groups
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Which group in UK surveys reports higher rates of common mental disorders than men?
- Women
- Retired men
- Teenage boys
- Children
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Which group in the UK consistently records higher rates of completed suicide?
- Elderly women
- Children
- Women
- Men
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According to the drift hypothesis, what causes a person's downward social mobility?
- Mental illness
- Cultural choices
- Poor schooling
- Genetic traits
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Which model of mental illness emphasises social stress over biological factors?
- Biological determinism
- Social causation
- Social selection
- Genetic inheritance
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Which ethnic group in the UK experiences disproportionately high detention rates under the Mental Health Act?
- Indian British people
- Black British people
- White British people
- Chinese British people
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Which process claims that mental illness causes people to fall into lower social classes?
- Social causation
- Social mobility
- Social selection
- Social integration
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Which factor directly influences official statistics on mental illness during clinical assessment?
- Blood analysis
- Genetic testing
- Brain imaging
- Clinician bias
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In Goffman's asylum study, what process strips residents of their identity and autonomy?
- Social drift
- Cultural capital
- Primary deviance
- Mortification of self
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Explanations linking mental health outcomes to housing, employment, and income are described as what?
- Materialist
- Psychological
- Biological
- Individualist
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According to Brown and Harris, which factor increases working-class women's vulnerability to depression?
- Three young children
- Higher education
- Regular exercise
- Full-time employment
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Which concept describes how a psychiatric diagnosis reshapes a person's self-image and behaviour?
- Value consensus
- Functional adaptation
- Labelling theory
- Social drift
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Why do community surveys often show different mental illness patterns compared to clinic records?
- Help-seeking behaviour
- Diagnostic software
- Genetic testing
- Prescription costs
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What sociological factor contributes to higher rates of schizophrenia diagnosis among Black British minorities?
- Dietary habits
- Genetic predisposition
- Biological differences
- Institutional stereotyping
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Which perspective views mental illness as a label created by social definitions?
- Biological psychiatry
- Social constructionism
- Positivism
- Functionalism
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Class differences in mental illness are explained by social causation and which other process?
- Social cohesion
- Social stratification
- Social control
- Social selection
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Which concept describes a fall in social class resulting from mental illness?
- Social causation
- Social drift
- Social closure
- Social capital
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What term describes detaining and treating a psychiatric patient legally without their consent?
- Compulsory detention
- Community treatment
- Informal care
- Voluntary admission
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