Biopsychosocial Model, Society, and Culture Flashcards
The BPS Approach
Illness can’t be understood by only biological factors
Biomedical Approach
Focuses on physical aspect of illness
Model
Provide an approximation of phenomena that can’t be observed directly
Theories
Provides conceptual framework for understanding objects of study
Social Constructionism
Human actors construct/create reality vs. discovering reality w/ inherent truth
Symbolic Interactionism
Like social constructionism, except focuses on smaller/interactions between individuals and small groups
Symbols
Terms,concepts, or items that represent specific meanings
Functionalism
Factions of society work together to maintain stability
Conflict theory
Views society as competing groups; self interest
Culture
All the beliefs, assumptions, objects, behaviors, and processes that make up a shared way of life
Material Culture
Objects involved in way of life
Non-material culture
Ideas, knowledge, values
Social norms
Expectations that govern acceptable behavior
Social groups
Subset of population that maintains social interactions; shared experiences
Symbolic Culture
Non-material culture that have meaning only in the mind
Social norms, collective beliefs, meanings of rituals, language
Society
Two or more individuals living in one community and/or sharing elements of culture
Social institution
Hierarchical systems bringing order to interpersonal interactions
ex. government, economy, education, religion, family, health/medicine
Demographics
Stats used to examine nature of specific population
Demographic transition
Demographic change taking place over time
Cohort vs period study
Over lifetime vs. specific time period
Social movement
Group of people with shared ideologies work together towards a specific goal
Urbanization
Increase in proportion of people in specified urban areas
Globalization
Increased amount of interaction on international scale
Spatial inequality
Unequal access to resources and decreased quality of life
