SOC318H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stressor, Tigger, Theism
Document Summary
Stress process model: important to look at validity, reliability, generalizability and sample size. Biological: medical view of mental illness, genetics, chemical imbalances, hormones, at the individual level, ignores social factors, treatment based on drugs and prescriptions, it is the growing perspective. Behavior now seen as a medical problem. Every disorder has a recommended drug: sociological view of mental illness, based on society and social change, social cause to these disorders, society reaction to the disorder. Structural/conflict approach: concerned with inequality, poverty, low ses (education, job, income), gender, minority, who in general has less power. Ex: children: focus on social roles and arrangement. Stress is embedded in our social structure: cultural beliefs that include values and norms. Can be oppressive: outcome is measured in distress, many types are measured, seen as continuous (not categorical) Ex: medical view says you either have anxiety or you do not.
