The Body and Health, Disability, Aging, and Death Flashcards
Sociologists study human bodies to analyze them as ________ ___________, entities that bear the imprint of society.
Social products
The _______ _____________ is an enterprise that involves people shaping their body to express their identity and meet cultural or subcultural expectations of beauty and health.
Body project
A ________ is an entity that
Embodies elements both living
and dead, human and
machine, natural and
unnatural.
Cyborg
____________ is a radical do-it-yourself
approach to experimenting with the
body for enhancement and
augmentation.
Biohacking
The relationship between the body and social status varies largely because of the _________ _________ attractiveness.
Social value
There are a complex set of _________ __________ that determine the average height of most populations.
Social factors
A complex set of __________ ____________ flow from differences in height.
social consequences
____________ refers to the physical and mental experience of existence.
Embodiment
There is a link between poverty and health. It is often referred to as the _____________ __________ ______ _____________, which specifically refers to the existence of a positive correlation between socioeconomic position and health.
Socioeconomic gradient in health
___________ __________, a functionalist from
the 1950’s, discussed _____ ________ ______,
a sociological concept that contributes
to social order.
Talcott Parsons, the sick role
______ _______ ______ gives doctors tremendous power in our culture
As experts while providing the individual a with
Legitimized exception to role obligations.
The sick role
_____________ refers to the process by which a condition or behaviour becomes defined as a medical problem requiring a medical solution.
Medicalization
__________ is a physical or mental characteristic that keeps some people from performing within the range of normal human activity. It is also a social relationship insofar as a physical or social barrier may restrict the opportunity of some people to participate in the life of a community on a level equal to others.
Disability
__________ involves curing disabilities to the extent possible through medical and technological intervention; trying to improve the lives of people with disabilities by means of care, training, and education; and integrating people with disabilities into society.
Rehabilitation
We have also had a very sinister time in history when we treated people with disabilities (or perceived disabilities) around the world by involuntarily sterilizing them… this type of thinking was fueled by ___________ and was an attempt to rid the world of “defective people”
Eugenics
