Behavioral Science 11.1-3 Flashcards
Functionalism
Each part of society has a function that enables the society to work together. Manifest functions – Or deliberate actions to serve a positive impact. Latent actions-are unexpected, unintended, or unrecognized positive consequences of functions
Conflict theory
Focuses on how power differentials are created and how they contribute to the maintenance of social water
Symbolic interactionism
The study of how individuals interact but shared words, symbols, or gestures
Social constructionism
The way in which individuals and groups make decisions to Agree upon a given reality (how honor is defined in a culture).
Rational choice theory
The idea that individuals will make decisions that maximize benefits and minimize harms.
Exchange theory, the same idea applied to groups.
Feminist theory
Explores the ways in which one gender can be subordinated, minimized, do you valued compared to others.
Social institutions
Well established social structures that dictate certain patterns of behavior. Some examples are family, education, and religion
Beneficence
Acting in the patient’s best interest
Nonmaleficence
Avoiding treatments which risk is larger than benefit
Respect for autonomy
Respecting the patients right to make decisions about their own health care
Justice
Refers to treating similar patients similarly and distributing healthcare resources fairly
Culture
Encompasses the lifestyle of a group of people includes both material and symbolic elements
Material culture
Physical items one only associates with a given group, artifacts.
Symbolic culture
The unique ideas associated with one’s group
Cultural lag
Material culture change is more quickly than symbolic culture
Cultural barrier
Hey social difference that impedes interactions
Language
Spoken or written symbols combined into a system and governed by rules
Value
What a person deems important
Belief
Some thing someone considers to be true
Ritual
A formalized ceremony which Members of a group or community regularly engaging
Norms
Societal rules the defined the boundaries of acceptable behavior
Demographics
The statistics of populations in the mathematical application of sociology
Ageism
Prejudice or discrimination on the basis of age
Gender
The set of treats typically associated with a biological sex
Gender inequality
The intentional or unintentional empowerment of one gender at the cost of the other
Race
A social construct based on phenotypic differences between groups of people.
Ethnicity
A social construct that sorts people by cultural factors including age, nationality, and religion.
Symbolic ethnicity
The recognition of an ethnic identity only on special occasions.
Sexual orientation
One sexual interest towards members of the same, opposite, or both sexes
Immigration and emigration
The movement of people into or out of A geographic area
Fertility rate
The number of children born to a woman during her lifetime.
Birth rate
The number of births per 1000 people per year
Mortality rate
The average number of deaths per 1000 people per year
Migration
The movement of people from one geographic location to another
Demographic transition
And model used to represent drops in birth/death rates as a result of industrialization
Social movements
Proactive, seeking to make a change in society
Reactive, seeking to resist a change in society
Globalization
The process of integrating the global economy with free trade and tapping foreign markets
Urbanization
The process of creating densely populated areas
