HSCI 130 FINAL STUDY GUIDE
health - Answers - socially constructed, multidimensional life course experience that
varies over time; state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease/illness
wellness - Answers - concept that incorporates good health, quality of life, and
satisfaction with general living conditions
health consciousness - Answers - how much an individual is aware of health
sense of coherence - Answers - Antonovsky's way of seeing the world which is shown in
three steps: comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness
sociology in medicine - Answers - application of sociological perspectives and research
methods to solve medical problems
sociology of medicine - Answers - application of sociological perspectives and research
methods to improve theoretical understanding of social factors that affect health
health sociology - Answers - sociological analysis of social structures and behavioural
practices that influence personal and population health; focuses on good and ill health
social epidemiology - Answers - study of social factors that place individuals and
populations at risk for disease and illness
social determinants of health - Answers - societal factors that affect health
structural determinants - Answers - factors evident at the societal level that exert an
external influence on health and aspects of social and economics environments i.e.
rates of unemployment, living and working conditions
biological determinism - Answers - belief that human behaviour can be explained in
terms of innate biological properties i.e. genes
medical dominance - Answers - power exercised by profession of medicine of the
health-care system
medicalization - Answers - process in which human conditions and problems are
defined as medical conditions
theoretical paradigm - Answers - conceptual thought in which interrelated ideas and
concepts about an aspect of reality are formulated
, sick role - Answers - concept used by Parsons to describe how a person should act and
be treated while they are sick
structural functionalist paradigm - Answers - views society as a harmonious social
system made up of a number of interconnected parts or institutions
social conflict paradigm - Answers - argues that the distinctive feature of capitalist
society is that it is composed of a number of competing interest groups; focuses on
GROUP POWER STRUGGLES
symbolic interactionist paradigm - Answers - views society as the socially constructed
product of everyday interactions of individuals; INDIVIDUALS MAKE LIFE
MEANINGFUL THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTION
sociology of the body paradigm - Answers - adopts as its focus embodiment and the
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BODY AND SOCIETY
life course perspective - Answers - view that PRESENT AND FUTURE HEALTH IS THE
DYNAMIC OUTCOME OF PAST EXPERIENCES
personal health status - Answers - approach to assessing health that focuses on
individuals who have a health problem or at risk
population health status - Answers - approach to assessing health that focuses on
general population
pathogenesis - Answers - origins of disease
salutogenic model of health - Answers - model introduced by Antonovsky to provide a
guide for identifying and understanding factors that make populations healthy
self-rated health - Answers - individuals' self-reported health status as excellent, very
good, good, fair, or poor
fitness - Answers - physical aspect of good health
life expectancy - Answers - estimated number of years that people will live
health expectancy - Answers - estimated amount of time a person will expect to have
good health
disease - Answers - OBJECTIVE, BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENON that is characterized
by altered functioning of the body
health - Answers - socially constructed, multidimensional life course experience that
varies over time; state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease/illness
wellness - Answers - concept that incorporates good health, quality of life, and
satisfaction with general living conditions
health consciousness - Answers - how much an individual is aware of health
sense of coherence - Answers - Antonovsky's way of seeing the world which is shown in
three steps: comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness
sociology in medicine - Answers - application of sociological perspectives and research
methods to solve medical problems
sociology of medicine - Answers - application of sociological perspectives and research
methods to improve theoretical understanding of social factors that affect health
health sociology - Answers - sociological analysis of social structures and behavioural
practices that influence personal and population health; focuses on good and ill health
social epidemiology - Answers - study of social factors that place individuals and
populations at risk for disease and illness
social determinants of health - Answers - societal factors that affect health
structural determinants - Answers - factors evident at the societal level that exert an
external influence on health and aspects of social and economics environments i.e.
rates of unemployment, living and working conditions
biological determinism - Answers - belief that human behaviour can be explained in
terms of innate biological properties i.e. genes
medical dominance - Answers - power exercised by profession of medicine of the
health-care system
medicalization - Answers - process in which human conditions and problems are
defined as medical conditions
theoretical paradigm - Answers - conceptual thought in which interrelated ideas and
concepts about an aspect of reality are formulated
, sick role - Answers - concept used by Parsons to describe how a person should act and
be treated while they are sick
structural functionalist paradigm - Answers - views society as a harmonious social
system made up of a number of interconnected parts or institutions
social conflict paradigm - Answers - argues that the distinctive feature of capitalist
society is that it is composed of a number of competing interest groups; focuses on
GROUP POWER STRUGGLES
symbolic interactionist paradigm - Answers - views society as the socially constructed
product of everyday interactions of individuals; INDIVIDUALS MAKE LIFE
MEANINGFUL THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTION
sociology of the body paradigm - Answers - adopts as its focus embodiment and the
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BODY AND SOCIETY
life course perspective - Answers - view that PRESENT AND FUTURE HEALTH IS THE
DYNAMIC OUTCOME OF PAST EXPERIENCES
personal health status - Answers - approach to assessing health that focuses on
individuals who have a health problem or at risk
population health status - Answers - approach to assessing health that focuses on
general population
pathogenesis - Answers - origins of disease
salutogenic model of health - Answers - model introduced by Antonovsky to provide a
guide for identifying and understanding factors that make populations healthy
self-rated health - Answers - individuals' self-reported health status as excellent, very
good, good, fair, or poor
fitness - Answers - physical aspect of good health
life expectancy - Answers - estimated number of years that people will live
health expectancy - Answers - estimated amount of time a person will expect to have
good health
disease - Answers - OBJECTIVE, BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENON that is characterized
by altered functioning of the body
