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29 Cards in this Set
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2 sociologists who made major contributions to the interactionist perspective on social problems by drawing attention to the importance of peer groups |
Cooley and meanwhile |
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Classic figure from early sociology exemplified the functionalist perspective on social problems |
Emile Durkheim |
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Genius mathematician who had schizophrenia |
John Nash |
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This person stressed the importance of understanding the relationship between individuals and the society in which they live |
C Wright Mills |
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Euthanasia activist who died at the age of 83 |
Jack Kevorkian |
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Conducted an early study on the subject of suicide, documenting how social structure affects human behavior |
Emile Durkheim |
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Looks at the symbols people use in everyday interaction - words, gestures, appearances - and how these symbols are interpreted by others |
Symbolic interactionist perspective |
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This perspective looks at labeling theory |
Symbolic interactionist perspective |
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According to this perspective, social problems are caused by the way societies arrange access to wealth and power |
Conflict perspective |
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The conflict perspective owes much of its early development to the writings of |
Karl Marx |
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According to this perspective, the role behavior associated with any given status has evolved as a means of allowing a particular social institution to fulfill its function in society |
Functionalist perspective |
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3 sociological perspectives about society |
Functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism |
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An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered |
Obese |
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The subfield of sociology that specializes in research on the health care system and its impact on the public |
Medical sociology |
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Number of deaths in a child's first year of life, for every 1,000 live births |
Infant mortality |
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A written statement that explains the patient's wishes for medical care should the patient be unable to communicate them to the physician |
An advance directive |
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In 2010 President Obama signed this bill mandating the first major overhaul of the US health care system since Medicare and Medicaid |
The affordable care act |
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Defines how long a baby born today can expect to live |
Life expectancy |
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The 10th leading cause of death in the US |
Suicide |
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1963: this president signed into law the community mental health act |
Kennedy |
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A nonmedical treatment and prevention for mental illness |
Physical exercise |
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Of 2,000 recently returned service men and women from all service branches found that nearly one-third met the criteria for |
PTSD, depression, or TBI |
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DSM-V stands for |
Diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders |
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Discharging patients from mental hospitals directly into the community |
Deinstitutionalization |
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What does DPOA-HC stand for |
Durable power of attorney for health care |
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The average price of family insurance coverage |
Over $17,000 per year |
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With regards to social policy, this group of people often prefer limited government |
Conservatives (republicans) |
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A childbirth injury to a woman |
Fistula |
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They are neither adults nor children, and our culture has an unclear expectations for this age group for which they sometimes feel a sense of |
Normlessness |
