PS9: social structures and institutions

Question 1

social structures

Answer 1

stable arrangements in which people interact with each other and fulfill interrelated roles

Question 2

government

Answer 2

center of authority in a society, administers laws, and programs that govern the actions of individuals

Question 3

capitalist systems

Answer 3

economic systems that are profit-oriented and privately controlled

Question 4

socialist systems

Answer 4

economic systems that are collectively owned and thus produce goods that are equally allocated and directly used rather than intended for profit

Question 5

marxism

Answer 5

socioeconomic theory that asserts the means of production must be controlled by the workers

Question 6

standardized education (visible curriculum)

Answer 6

based on the skills that a government considers critical to both individual and state success

Question 7

hidden curriculum

Answer 7

the latent functions of a school; includes educating students about abstract values and principles deemed to be positive attributes by wider society

Question 8

medicalization

Answer 8

a tendency to form diagnoses and define new illnesses around behaviors previously considered to be normal

Question 9

sick role

Answer 9

outward changes in behavior that come with the assumption of a new identity as a patient

Question 10

illness experience

Answer 10

internal emotions and cognitions that may arise from the new identity as a patient

Question 11

social epidemiology

Answer 11

provide insights into how a patient’s healthcare experience is affected by factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, etc