Introduction to Health Communication Test 2

Terms from Chapters 5-8 from Communicating about Health

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Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Combined measure of income, education, and employment level
Health literacy
The cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health
Heterosexism
Assumption that people's romantic relationships involve members of the opposite sex
Racism
Discrimination based on a person's race
Concierge medical practices
offer better-than-average patient-staff ratios and longer exam times but only to patients who can afford to pay more than their insurance will cover
Prelogical conceptualization
Ages 2-6

children define illness as something caused by a tangible, external agent, such as a monster or the sun
Concrete-logical conceptualization
Ages 7-10

children begin to differentiate between external causes, such as wind and cold, and internal manifestations, such as sneezing and talking funny.
Formal logical-conceptualization
Ages 11 and older

children are remarkably adept at envisioning the complex influence of agents they cannot readily see.
Ageism
Discrimination based on a person's age.
Accommodate
Adapt to another person's style or needs
Communication accommodation theory
People tend to mirror each other's communication styles to display liking and respect
Convergence
Partners use similar gestures, tone of voice, vocabulary and so on
Divergence
Acting differently than the other person
Overaccommodation
An exaggerated response to a perceived need
E-quality theory of aging
Posits that older adults benefit as both teachers and learners when they "use, contribute to, influence and express themselves in electronic environments"