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Operationalization the process of assigning a precise method for measuring a term being
examined for use in a particular study. Some variables are easier to indicate more than others
Acute illness An illness that has a rapid onset, usually severe and intense, and subside
after a relatively short time. Result of infectious disease.
Chronic illness An ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; the
illness can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment. Result of long term
lifestyle and environmental exposures.
Blue Zones- areas in the world with unexplained extended longevity
These areas have high social engagement and plant-based diets.
Durkheim study found that suicide rates were not related to things like alcoholism, race,
heredity,etc. but were related to changes in collective sentiments like depression.
Durkheim classifications Egoistic- lack of social integration ie. recluse with few friends or
family.
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Altruistic- too much social integration and society pushing the person to end their life ie. Sumuri
who commits suicide once his master dies.
Fatalistic- lack of hope and suffering ie. prisoner who hangs himself
Anomic "normlessness"
Durkheim results Protestant had the highest rate of suicide. Rates higher for people not
married without children. Rates higher for men. Times of peace had more suicide than times of
war.
Anomie Durkheim's term for a condition in which society provides little moral guidance
to individuals.
Sick role A socially recognized set of rights and obligations linked with illness.
Structural functionalism A paradigm that begins with the assumption that society is a
unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its separate structures.
Symbolic interaction society is complex and interlocking of different changes. ie. labeling
approach