Lecture 7 Flashcards
Health and Mental Health
what are the two main reasons for environmental problems being at the degree they are at now?
- tragedy of the commons
- social contract
what is the tragedy of the commons?
when an individual with access to a public resource overuses and exploits that resource
what is the free rider problem?
when someone decides to benefit from something without putting in the work
what is globalization?
the growing economic, political and social interconnectedness between nations
what are the challenges of globalization and health?
DRR
- risk of disease spread
- reduces the power of governments to tax corporations and wealth
- reduces working conditions in poor countries
what is meritocracy?
judging people on their skill rather than things they can not control
what is the only wealthy nation that operates without free or universal healthcare?
the United States
what are the two reasons why the consumer lacks power in a healthcare-free market?
- time
- valuation
what is mental health?
the successful performance of mental function
what is mental illness?
abnormal thinking accompanied with significant distress
why is mental illness hard to fix?
SCM
- it is socially defined
- mental illness presents itself differently depending on which culture the person with mental illness belongs to
- tied to conceptions of morality
what are scripts?
what is expected to say in a conversation
what is the definition of mental illness based on?
consensus
who created the Dramaturgical
Perspective?
Erving Goffman
what is the Dramaturgical
Perspective?
comparing society to a theatre where everyone has expected roles and scripts to play
what are props?
things we wear in a given context
what are roles?
a part played by a person
what is the front stage self?
the self that we present to society
what is the backstage self?
our true selves, the one we express with close friends and family
what are norms?
socially defined rules of behaviour
why do people fear others with mental illness?
NPI
- those with mental illness as less likely to follow norms
- People with mental illness end up in prison
- All illegitimate violence is associated with mental illness
what are folkways?
customs habits or manners of society
what is private industry science?
scientific evidence by a individual who is funded by the corporation he or she is working for
what is Weber’s Principle of bureaucracy?
ensure people do their job within the confines of its role
what are laws?
formal norms backed by authority
who holds corporations responsible?
- the government
- consumers
- Justice system
what is academic science?
evidence related to science conducted by professors
what does spurious mean?
when a claim is found to be false
