Set 1 - Psych-Socio Quizlet Export

Question 1

Biopsychosocial Approach

Answer 1

Illuminates the importance of psychological and sociological study in medicine.

Question 2

Biomedical Approach

Answer 2

Focuses narrowly on the physical aspects of illness.

Question 3

Social Constructionism

Answer 3

Human actors construct or create “reality” rather than discovering a reality that has inherent validity.

Question 4

Symbolic Interactionism

Answer 4

Explains social behavior in terms of how people interact with each other via symbols.

Question 5

Symbols

Answer 5

Terms, concepts, or items that represent specific meanings by accepted convention.

Question 6

Functionalism

Answer 6

Factions of society work together to maintain stability. Claims that society, like an organism, is a system that consists of different components working together.

Question 7

Conflict Theory

Answer 7

Views society in terms of competing groups that act according to their own self-interests, rather than according to the need for societal equilibrium.

Question 8

Culture

Answer 8

All the beliefs, assumptions, objects, behaviors, and processes that make up a shared way of life.

Question 9

Material Culture

Answer 9

The objects involved in a certain way of life (products manufactured, tools used, art made, etc.).

Question 10

Non-material culture

Answer 10

Encompasses the elements of culture that are not physical (ideas, knowledge, etc.).

Question 11

Social Norms

Answer 11

Expectations that govern what behavior is acceptable within a group.

Question 12

Social Group

Answer 12

A subset of a population that maintains social interactions.

Question 13

Symbolic Culture

Answer 13

A type of non-material culture that consists of the elements of culture that have meaning only in the mind.

Question 14

Rituals

Answer 14

Formal, ceremonial behaviors with a specific purpose and significance.

Question 15

Society

Answer 15

Two or more individuals living together in a community and/or sharing elements of culture.

Question 16

Social Institutions

Answer 16

Hierarchical systems that bring order to interpersonal interactions, structuring society.

Question 17

Government and Economy

Answer 17

A type of social institution. _____ provides order to society through the services it provides and making/enforcing law. The _____ distributes goods and services to meet the needs of society.

Question 18

Education

Answer 18

A type of social institution. Provides a formal structure during childhood/transition into adulthood and an opportunity to instruct youth on the social norms, knowledge, skills, expectations needed.

Question 19

Religion

Answer 19

A type of social institution. A system of beliefs that affects how people make sense of their experiences and provides a framework for questions about life, death, existence.

Question 20

Family

Answer 20

A type of social institution. Consist of bonds of kin and marriage and make up a major organizing institution of society.

Question 21

Health and Medicine

Answer 21

A type of social institution. Fulfills the need for healthcare in an organized manner.

Question 22

Demographics

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Statistics used to examine the nature of a specific population.

Question 23

Demographic Parameters (examples)

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Age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, immigration status.

Question 24

Demographic Transition

Answer 24

A demographic change that takes place over time.

Question 25

Fertility

Answer 25

The production of offspring within a population.

Question 26

Mortality

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The death rate within a population.

Question 27

Migration

Answer 27

The relocation of people from one place to another.

Question 28

Social Movement

Answer 28

A group of people who share an ideology and work together toward a specified set of goals.

Question 29

Urbanization

Answer 29

The increase in the proportion of people living in specified urban areas.

Question 30

Globalization

Answer 30

The increasing amount of interaction and integration on the international scale through exchange of products, services, ideas, and information.

Question 31

Spatial Inequity

Answer 31

The unequal access to resources and variable quality of life within a population/geographical distribution.

Question 32

Global Inequalities

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Disparities between regions and nations in aspects such as GNP, natural resources, access to healthcare, types of work available.

Question 33

Environmental Justice

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The equal treatment of all people regardless of social grouping with regard to prevention and relief from environmental and health hazards.

Question 34

Social Class

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A system of stratification that groups members of society according to similarities in social standing. Tied to status and power in the community.

Question 35

Privilige

Answer 35

Having advantages of power and opportunity over others.

Question 36

Prestige

Answer 36

The relative value assigned to something within a particular society.

Question 37

Upward Mobility

Answer 37

Moving up the class system.

Question 38

Downward Mobility

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Moving lower withing the class system.

Question 39

Intragenerational Mobility

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A change in social position that occurs in a person's lifetime. "Rags to riches".

Question 40

Intergenerational Mobility

Answer 40

Changes in social status between different generations within the same family.

Question 41

Meritocracy

Answer 41

A society in which advancement is based solely on the abilities and achievements of the individual.

Question 42

Cultural Capital

Answer 42

The set of non-monetary social factors that contribute to social mobility.

Question 43

Social Capital

Answer 43

An individual's social networks and connections that may confer economic and/or personal benefits.

Question 44

Poverty

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An insufficiency of material goods, monetary wealth, access to resources.

Question 45

Isolation/Social Exclusion

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Social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society.

Question 46

Absolute Poverty

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A lack of essential resources (food, shelter, clothing, hygiene).

Question 47

Relative Poverty

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Social inequality in which people are relatively poor compared to other members of the society in which they live.

Question 48

Health Disparity/Inequity

Answer 48

Differences in health and healthcare that occur between groups of people.

Question 49

Learning

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Question 50

Associative Learning/Conditioning

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Involves associations between certain stimuli and specific responses.