Chapter 1 - The Biopsychosocial Model, Society, and Culture Flashcards

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Absolute Poverty

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Describes a lack of essential resources such as food, shelter, clothing, and hygiene.

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Beliefs

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A shared mindset within a culture

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3
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Biomedical Approach

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Focuses narrowly on the physical causes of illness

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Biopsyhosocial Approach

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Uses multiple approaches to see all potential causes and aspects of an illness

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5
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Conflict Theory

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Views society as competing groups acting in self interest

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Culture capital

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The set of non monetary social factors that contribute to social mobility such as education and language.

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Culture

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All beliefs, assumptions, objects, behaviors, and processes that make up shared life.

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Demographics

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Statistics used to examine the nature of a specific population by breaking it into smaller units based on parameters such as age, gender, and race.

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9
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Demographic Transition

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A change in demographics over time

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10
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Education

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The transfer of cultural knowledge

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Ethnicity

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The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.

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12
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Family

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Smallest unit of society; can be nuclear or extended.

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13
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Fertility

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Production of offspring within a population

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14
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Functionalism

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Factions of society work together to maintain stability

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15
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Gender

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Anatomic sex

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16
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Global Inequality

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Evident disparities between regions

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17
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Globalization

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The increasing interaction on a global scale

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18
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Government and Economy

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Provides framework and rules to society

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19
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Health and medicine

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Healthcare in an organized manner

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20
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Health disparities

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Differences in health or healthcare for groups

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21
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Immigration status

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Classifications given to individuals moving to a new location

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22
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Intergenrational mobility

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A family moving up in status over several generations

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23
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Intragenerational mobility

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The American Dream

24
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Isolation

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Kept separate

25
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Language

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Use of symbols to represent ideas

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Material Culture

A

Objects involved in a certain way of life

27
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Meritocracy

A

Society that advances based on accomplishments and abilities

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Migration

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Movement of one part of something to another

29
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Mortality

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Death rate

30
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Nonmaterial culture

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Ideas, beliefs, assumptions etc in a culture

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Poverty

A

Insufficiency of material goods

32
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Power

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Influence

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Prestige

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Relative value assigned to something within a society

34
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Privilege

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Having advantages over others

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Race

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A group of people sharing a culture

36
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Relative poverty

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Inability to afford what the average person can

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Religion

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System of beliefs

38
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Residential segregation

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Separation of demographic groups at a local level

39
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Rituals

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Shared by people, can be formal or nonformal

40
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Sexual orientation

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Preference in mate

41
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Social capital

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An individuals network connections

42
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Social class

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Stratification of a society’s group members

43
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Social constructionism

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Human actors construct reality

44
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Social institutions

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Hierarchical systems

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Social movement

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A subset of people who share an ideology and work towards a goal together

46
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Social norms

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Expectations that govern behavior

47
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Social reproduction

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Transmission of social equality through generations

48
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Society

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Two or more individuals living together

49
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Spatial inequality

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Unequal access to resources

50
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Status

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Standing in society

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Symbolic culture

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Type of nonmaterial culture such as a thumbs up

52
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Symbolic interactions

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Social constructionism on a small scale (smoking teens - rebellion)

53
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Symbols

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Terms, concepts, or items that represent a meaning

54
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Upward mobility

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Moving up in society

55
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Urbanization

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Increase in population of urban areas

56
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Values

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A person’s principles or standards of behavior