Sociology Flashcards
(20 cards)
From biomedical perspective which of the following is least likely to be considered in relation to illness:
Social aspects
A sociological understanding of health considers structural and social factors, rather than simply__________________ explanations of health and disease.
Biological
In their criticisms of the dominant model of health used by the medical profession sociologists point out that levels of illness and death actually began to decline ___________________the introduction of modern medical techniques.
Before
Victim blaming of the unpopular patient is not only poor practice but is theoretically _________________________, this to say, it does not understand the social causes of illness.
Myopic
Using our sociological imagination requires us to depart from____________ explanations.
Common sense
Which of the following organisations is the statement below attributed to:
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity
World health organisation.
Most appropriate response in criticism of biomedical model of health
All of these
When did wright mills develop the concepts of the sociological imagination
1950s
Which of the following has been put forward as a definition of socialisation;
The various ways we learn how to be a human being and are taught the basic rules of the society we live in.
BioMedical model is based on four care elements including;
All of these
In sociology the concept of deviance is considered to be which of the following:
Culturally determined
Deviance consists of those acts that do not follow the __________\of a particular social group.
Norms
The theory of the sick role suggests that sickness is a ___________concept.
Social
Which of the following is most clearly aligned with the Functionalist perspective:
Emile Durkheim
Which of the following is a major criticism of the theory of the sick role:
It assumes that the practitioner will always act in the interests of the patient
Durkheim argued that moderate levels of deviance are healthy for society due to which of the following:
Stimulates change in society and Helps prevent stagnation
The Functionalist perspective of health and illness derives from the work of which of the following:
Parsons
A major criticism of the theory of the sick role is which of the following:
It only applies to scute illness
From the perspective of the sick role theory a sick person does not have which of the following rights/obligations:
The sock person is responsible for their illness and can be classed as socially deviant
Which of the following is not a Functionalist perspective on health:
None of these
