Psychology and Sociology Theories

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🗓️ 17 December 2024

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Summary

Understanding social and psychological theories is crucial for success on the MCAT, as these concepts shape everything from human behavior to societal structures.

In this episode, Sam Smith breaks down the essential sociological and psychological theories you need to master, ranging from functionalism and conflict theory to the theories of emotion. Sam explains how these theories apply to real-world scenarios, including their relevance in medicine, healthcare disparities, and patient interactions.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:58) Overview of social and psychological theories

(03:23) Functionalism

(09:55) Conflict theory

(12:52) Symbolic interactions

(15:12) Social constructionism

(18:46) Rational choice and exchange theory

(23:54) Feminist theory

(26:10) Behaviorism

(29:34) Life course theory

(33:45) Theories of emotion

(41:03) Motivational theories

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0:00.0	Welcome to MCAT Basics, your ultimate guide to the essential topics you need to master for the MCAT,
0:07.0	brought to you by the physicians at Med School Coach.
0:10.0	Every week, Sam Smith breaks down high-yield MCAT topics, ensuring you're primed for success on test day.
0:17.0	Join Sam as we explore the most crucial subjects outlined by the AAMC, pulled from official practice materials and third-party resources.
0:25.4	Get ready to elevate your MCAT game with topics tailored to maximize your score potential.
0:30.6	Hello, I am Sam Smith, and this is MCAT Basics.
0:34.6	This podcast will cover social theories.
0:37.1	This is going to include things like conflict
0:39.9	theory, social constructionism, symbolic interaction, etc. And then I'm going to talk about
0:45.4	psychological theories behind emotion. And then I'll also talk about motivational theories. What is it
0:50.7	that motivates people? What are the theories there? You know, such stuff like Maslow's
0:55.5	hierarchy of needs. And in this podcast, I'm hoping to give a lot of different examples,
1:00.7	relate a lot of these concepts to medicine, and then hopefully also tell some kind of entertaining
1:06.5	stories. This topic will show up on one out of the four MCAT sections. That is the psych-souche section.
1:13.9	And yeah, hopefully this podcast will help you. It's going to be a lot of terminology, a lot of stuff
1:18.0	to memorize. I hope it helps. All right. So the first thing I want to talk about here
1:27.1	are social theories.
1:28.8	So what is a social theory and what is a social theory used to do?
1:32.3	Well, social theory essentially takes a look at societies through some kind of lens.
1:38.8	So, you know, imagine that you're on the top of the Empire State Building.
1:42.0	And if you've been there, you know that all around the outside rim of where you look off and into all the buildings in New York, there's these telescopes that you can look through. And, you know, they're like big binoculars that are on these big platforms. So imagine social theory is kind of in the same sense there, right? You're on the top of the Empire State Building. You're looking down at society and you can look through all these different sets of lenses. Imagine each of these
2:04.3	lenses is a different social theory. So this just gives you a different kind of view of society,
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