Mapping Mental Illness Vocab

Institution

A system for organizing standardized patterns of social behavior.

Social Stratification

How society is structured in hierarchical layers based on factors such as wealth, status, and power.

Norms

Social expectations that guide behavior,

Values

Measures of goodness or desirability.

Beliefs

convictions or acceptance of certain ideas or principles that influence behavior and attitudes.

Social Structure

the organized pattern of social relationships and social institutions that together compose society.

Macro

Large systems

• countries

• legal systems

• economies

Meso

Medium Systems

• Organizations

• Communities

• Political Parties

• Neighborhoods

Micro

Small systems

• Families

• Relationships

• Individuals

Inequality

Being Unequal or uneven

Inequity

Marked by injustice or partiality

Disparity

A noticeable and usually significant difference.

Quantitative

Can be quantified, counted, and given a numerical value

Qualitative

Interpretation-based, descriptive, and relating to language

Social Construct

A concept that exists not to Objective reality, but as a result of human interaction.

Thomas Theorem

States that if situations are defined as real, they are real in their consequences

Social Groups

The selected characteristics that groups collectively have in common (race, class, gender)

Identities

A set of meanings a person internalizes

Power

The ability of an individual, group, or institution to influece or excersice control over other people

Social Reproduction

The process that ensures the self-perpetuation of a social structure over time.

Culture

Beliefs people hold about reality, norms that guide their behavior, the values that inform their preferences, and the symbols through which these beliefs, norms, and values are connected.

Stigma

Individuals who are taken to be different in some way, are rejected by the grater society or disqualified from full social acceptance.

Race

The concept of dividing people into groups because of their skin.

Ethnicity

Something you acquire based on where your family is from and the group which you share culture.

Somebodys sex

The sex you are assigned at birth.

Gender

Home someone identifies. gender identity

Social Class

Position within the social hierarchy.