Chapter 3

Question 1

Ontology

Answer 1

The science or study of being
- what is OT’s view of the human?
- what are the most real dimensions of life from an OT perspective?

Question 2

Epistemology

Answer 2

the theory of knowledge
- What knowledge is the most important to know?
- How is knowledge in OT organized?
- How is knowledge acquired and used?
- What is an OT view of the essence or nature of knowledge?

Question 3

Axiology

Answer 3

the “study of values including what is good, beautiful and morally desirable”
- what are the OT’s enduring values?
- what are the core methodologies and methods that practitioners use in practice that manifest it’s enduring values

Question 4

Occupational Justice

Answer 4

People’s right to engage in meaningful occupations (Townsend and Wilcock)

Question 5

Social Justice

Answer 5

a characteristic of social systems that refers to:
- the distribution of societal benefits and burdens;
- laws and social institutions, policies, and procedures that preserve the liberty, rights and entitlements to people;
- the obligation of social policies and institutions, as well as fellow citizens to confer the same dignity and fair treatment to all members of society

Question 6

Three major social justice paradigms

Answer 6

1. distributive justice
2. procedural justice
3. interactional justice

Question 7

Distributive justice

Answer 7

concerns the equitable distributions of resources and goods in society so that all members share both benefits and burdens

Question 8

cultural imperialism

Answer 8

the universalization of the dominant group’s cultures and experiences, rendering invisible other cultures

Question 9

parity of participation

Answer 9

all individuals must have equal opportunity for social equity, independence and voice in order to fully participate in society

Question 10

capability approach

Answer 10

health capability is a moral imperative because health is an essential asset for human development and society is morally obligated to create conditions to support functioning

Question 11

procedural justice

Answer 11

fairness in the methods and procedures used to make decisions

Question 12

interactional justice

Answer 12

individuals treating each other in a fair and equitable manner that affirms human dignity in all members of society

Question 13

Occupational alienation

Answer 13

lack of choices and opportunities to experience meaningful and enriching occupations owing to extrinsic factors outside of the individual’s control

Question 14

occupational deprivation

Answer 14

state of prolonged preclusion from engagement in occupations of necessity and/or meaning due to factors outside of the individual’s control

Question 15

Occupational marginalization

Answer 15

social exclusion of certain groups of individuals, often on the basis of nonconformity or differences

Question 16

Occupational imbalance

Answer 16

occurs when a person has an insufficient repertoire of daily occupations that are necessary for health and wellbeing

influenced by culture, class privilege, life circumstances, and availability of resources (time)

Question 17

Occupational apartheid

Answer 17

segregation of groups of people through restriction or denial of access to dignified and meaningful participation in occupations of daily life based on race, color, disability, age, gender, etc. (root cause is politics)