PSYC 3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Homeopathy, Horoscope, Asthma
12 Jan 2018
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It is durable and implicit, they tend to reproduce cultural norms, the precepts. Expectations and values of particular times and places. The belief is association with discourse and narrative. Health belief systems: popular sector: lay cultural arena where illness is first defined and health care activities initiated. May appear inconsistent and contradictory: professional sector: organized healing professions, representations and actions, folk sector: non-professional, non-bureaucratic and specialist sector that shades into the other two sectors above, simpler two-fold division: systematicity, coherence and interdependence. Classical views of health based on chapter 1 and the four bodily fluids & seasons. Christian ideas the church"s 7 deadly sins came to be associated with body conditions. Illness was seen as a sign of weakness and neglect. To honor god was to live a healthy lifestyle keeping the body pure as the temple of god. Everything interacts and we need to take everything into considering when comprehending health as a whole.
