Introduction to Psychology For Health Extension Workers

Introduction to Psychology For Health Extension Workers Table of Contents Content Topic Pages Acknowledgments i Table of contents ii Introduction 1 UNIT ONE: The Sociological Perspective Topic One: The Nature of Sociology Sociology defined 2 The study of sociology 2 Sociology and social sciences---------------------------- 3 Sociology and common sense --------------------------- 4 Historical development of sociology--------------------- 5 Topic Two: The Sociological Approach iii Major theoretical perspectives---------------------------7 Sociology and social policy ------------------------------8 iv UNIT TWO: The Individual And Society Topic One: Culture Culture and society 9 Development of culture ------------------------------------ 10 Elements of culture 10 Culture variation and integration ------------------------- 13 Culture and dominant ideology--------------------------- 14 Topic Two: Socialization Socialization defined 15 The role of socialization--------------------------------- 15 The self and socialization------------------------------- 16 Socialization and the life cycle ------------------------ 16 Agents of socialization 17 Topic Three: Social Groups and Organizations Understanding groups 20 Studying small groups 21 Understanding organizations -------------------------- 21 Formal organizations and bureaucracy-------------- 21 Voluntary associations 23 Topic Four: Deviance and Social Control Social control 24 Law and society 25 v The concept of deviance-------------------------------- 26 Crime 27 UNIT THREE: Social In-Equality Topic One: Social Stratification and Social Mobility Understanding stratification ---------------------------- 29 Stratification by social class---------------------------- 33 Social mobility 33 Topic Two: Stratification by Gender Gender identity and gender roles--------------------- 35 Gender role socialization ------------------------------- 35 Women as the oppressed majority ------------------- 36 Topic Three: Social Stratification by Age Aging and society 40 Aging locally and globally------------------------------- 40 Role transition in later life------------------------------- 40 Topic Four: Race and Ethnicity Minority, racial and ethnical groups ------------------ 41 Studying race and ethnicity ---------------------------- 42 Prejudice and discrimination --------------------------- 43 vi Patterns of inter group relations----------------------- 43 UNIT FOUR: Social Institutions Topic One: The Family The concepts of the family ----------------------------- 45 The functions of the family ----------------------------- 46 Marriage and the family--------------------------------- 46 Factors associated with divorce----------------------- 47 Topic Two: Religion Sociological approach to religion --------------------- 48 The function of religion---------------------------------- 48 Dimension of religion 49 Topic Three: Health and Medicine Anthropological perspective on health and illness 50 Social epidemiology and health----------------------- 52 Factors that affect the distribution of heath/illness 53 vi i Topic One: Concepts in Social Research Definition of social research---------------------------- 55 The goals of social research--------------------------- 55 Topic Two: Research Methodology Data collections---------------------------------------------- 58 Survey 58 Observation 60 Participant observation--------------------------------------61 Research and Health Extension Workers---------------63 Reference 6