What Is the Interactionist Approach to Health Based On

question 52

Multiple Choice

What is the interactionist approach to health based on?

• A) analyzing how the sick role functions in society
• B) the meanings attributed to illness and disease
• C) the impact of race,class,and gender on access to health care
• D) the role of doctors as gatekeepers determining access to the health-care system

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Definitions:

Fashion Acceptance Cycle

The process through which new fashion trends are introduced, rise in popularity, peak, and eventually decline.

Overjustification Effect

A phenomenon in which being rewarded for doing an activity decreases a person's intrinsic motivation to perform that activity because the external reward overrides internal interest.

Delay Gratification

The ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and wait for a later reward.

Externality Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that individuals attribute their own behavior to external factors and circumstances beyond their control.