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MCAT 2015: Psychology & Sociology
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Biopsychosocial Approach
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Illuminates the importance of psychological and sociological study in medicine.
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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.
Symbols
Terms, concepts, or items that represent specific meanings by accepted convention.
Functionalism
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.
Culture
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.).
Social Norms
Expectations that govern what behavior is acceptable within a group.
Social 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.
Rituals
Formal, ceremonial behaviors with a specific purpose and significance.
Society
Two or more individuals living together in a community and/or sharing elements of culture.
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