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Biopsychosocial Approach

Illuminates the importance of psychological and sociological study in medicine.

Biomedical Approach

Focuses narrowly on the physical aspects of illness.

Social Constructionism

Human actors construct or create "reality" rather than discovering a reality that has inherent validity.

Symbolic Interactionism

Explains social behavior in terms of how people interact with each other via symbols.

Terms, concepts, or items that represent specific meanings by accepted convention.

Factions of society work together to maintain stability. Claims that society, like an organism, is a system that consists of different components working together.

Conflict Theory

Views society in terms of competing groups that act according to their own self-interests, rather than according to the need for societal equilibrium.

All the beliefs, assumptions, objects, behaviors, and processes that make up a shared way of life.

Material Culture

The objects involved in a certain way of life (products manufactured, tools used, art made, etc.).

Non-material culture

Encompasses the elements of culture that are not physical (ideas, knowledge, etc.).

Expectations that govern what behavior is acceptable within a group.

A subset of a population that maintains social interactions.

Symbolic Culture

A type of non-material culture that consists of the elements of culture that have meaning only in the mind.

Formal, ceremonial behaviors with a specific purpose and significance.

Two or more individuals living together in a community and/or sharing elements of culture.