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SOC 200
With Robin Perrin
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
12/10/2011

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Why does Bonachich say that people will accept low wages?
Definition
Very low standard of living.
Lack of information. – They are unaware of minimum wage laws and have no way to collect unpaid wages.
Lack of political power – They lack citizenship or be unable to force favorable reforms.
Economic motives - They often intend to be temporary workers
Conclusion: ethnic group an economic threat – cheap labor threatens to make all labor cheap.
Term
What are the 4 stages of development for ethnic/racial pluralism in the US
Definition
Settlement, expansion, Agricultural development, industrial development
Term
what is manifest destiny?
Definition
The right to settle and conquer granted by God
Term
Asian Americans make up what percent of the population?
Definition
In 2010, 4.8%...In order…
Chinese
Filipino
Asian Indian
Vietnamese
Korean
Japanese
Term
1924 Law prohibited immigration into the US from what region?
Definition
Asia
Term
Chinese make up what percent of American population?
Definition
4%... first group came during Gold rush in 1800's
Term
Immigration for Chinese became banned during which years?
Definition
Immigration banned 1882-mid1900s
Term
Which hispanic group has has the highest SES
Definition
Cubans
Term
Which hispanic group has the lowest SES
Definition
Puerto Ricans
Term
What percent of US population were African American in 2010?
Definition
12.6%
Term
In 1850's, what percent of Mississippi's population population were slaves
Definition
51%
Term
Median Salary in 2010 of african americans... and US overall
Definition
US median 2010=60k
African Americans 38K
Term
Poverty percentages in US
Definition
US rate 14.3%
African Americans 26%
Mexican americans 25%
Asian Americans 13%
Term
“Female headed” rate is how many times as high in AA families as white families – impacts $
Definition
3 times
Term
There are no examples of countries run by women... whats the closest we can find?
Definition
Countries with shared power
Term
In what percent of societies are leaders always male?
Definition
88 percent
Term
In what percent of societies are leaders of kinship groups always male?
Definition
84
Term
In what percent of countries do women have equal political rights?
Definition
10 percent
Term
In what percent of cultures is there a significant amount of wife-beating?
Definition
80
Term
What country most supports the quote, “A job is alright, but what most women really want is a home and children.”
Definition
Most: Lithuania (97%)
Least: Denmark (25%)
-Women AND men agree on these things
Term
What does patriarchy literally mean?
Definition
"rule of the fathers"
Term
What is matriarchy?
Definition
when women have power over men
Term
T/F patriarchy often stems from sexism
Definition
True
Term
Until the end of world war II, what gender outnumbered women in the US
Definition
Men outnumbered women
Term
what is the sex ratio of Alaska?
Definition
Alaska has a 107:100 male to female ratio
Term
During the Gold rush, how much did men outnumber females by in the west?
Definition
12 to 1
Term
In CHina in 1870, there are how many boys to how many girls in some areas?
Definition
430:100... due to infanticide
Term
Is dyadic power a micro or macro level to the sex ratio theory?
Definition
Micro level
Term
Is structural power a micro or macro level to the sex ratio theory
Definition
Macro
Term
What is the rational choice theory?
Definition
When you maximize rewards and minimize costs
Term
What was the role of women in Athens?
Definition
Infanticide produced unbalanced ratios
Women were considered property
Married at pre-puberty to older men
Sex (for women) outside marriage severely punished
Respectable women should not sexually appeal to others (clothing, etc.)
Women could not easily divorce
No political power
Not educated
Prostitution common (typical when women scarce)
Term
What was the role of women in Sparta based upon sex ratio?
Definition
Constantly at war – infanticide practiced, but for boys and girls
Spartan women managed the estates
Women political power and were educated
Laws protected women in marriage
Compared to Athenian women, not submissive – outspoken and witty
More provocative dress
Norms of virginity and chastity relaxed
Term
What was the "Woman Movement" in the 1800's?
Definition
Goals broad to begin with, eventually narrowed to women’s suffrage
Culminated in ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 26, 1920 giving women the right to vote
Term
What was the Feminist Movement?
Definition
Opposition to all forms of stratification based on gender
Women not innately (biologically) inferior
Common sense of “we”
Term
How has American Females Employed Full Time Outside the Home changed over time?
Definition
In 1890... 18.2% of women, now, more like 60%
Term
How many Married American Mothers With Children Under Age 6 Employed Full Time Outside the Home?
Definition
60.8%
Term
Today, women represent what percent of the labor force?
Definition
50%
Term
How much less money do women make than men?
Definition
.77 to the dollar
Term
What percent of African American children are born out of wedlock?
Definition
65%
Term
Who was Bibi Aisha?
Definition
The wife of a man who cut off her nose and ears because she ran away from his abuse
Term
What is the definition of religion?
Definition
Any socially organized pattern of beliefs and practices concerning ultimate meaning that assumes the existence of the supernatural
Term
What are two key factors of altered sex ratios?
Definition
: Infanticide (killing of girls), Migration/immigration (men moving to settle in new areas)
Term
Shortage of women, girls were oftentimes killed at birth, which means that there is a very patriarchal culture
Definition
Athens
Term
Men were killed off in war, less infanticide; they would kill the boy babies if anything was physically wrong with them. Women had considerably more power
Definition
Sparta
Term
The suffrage movement occurred in the...
Definition
Northeast
Term
-Percent of children born to unwed mothers:
Definition
41%
Term
Who was Compte and what did he think about religion?
Definition
“coined” the term, sociology… he envisioned the discipline, believed that all answers could be found through the scientific method… he saw that sociology was the most esteemed practice; whereas religion is the most primitive practice. He looked at religion and believed that science would replace religion over time.
Term
Who was Durkheim and what was his view of religion?
Definition
He is a functionalist. He sees religion as being important
-It is everywhere. It answers ultimate questions, creates morality (e.g. in China, thinking about that child who was run over in the street but nobody helped him)
Term
What did Marx think about religion?
Definition
He Was quite critical of religion, he saw that it was manipulated and abused by those in power…
Term
What do secularization theorists argue?
Definition
That religion is dying
Term
What percent of Americans believe in God
Definition
95%
Term
Perrin's dad taught at what university?
Definition
Harding
Term
What is more deviant, a church or a sect?
Definition
Usually a sect is more deviant
Term
What is a cult?
Definition
An Innovative, “new religion”
Term
What is a sect?
Definition
a Revival, they are trying to “get it right this time”
Term
What type of organization is ESPECIALLY dependent upon charismatic leaders?
Definition
Cults
Term
What percent of Americans claim that they attend church weekly?
Definition
40%
Term
which denomination most agrees that the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word"
Definition
Southern Baptist Convention; church of christ, jehovah's witnesses....
Least? Unitarian
Term
What type of punishment is dictated in the Bible?
Definition
Corporal
Term
Which church denominations are decreasing?
Definition
Christian church (disciples) -71%
United Church of Christ
Episcopal Church
United Methodist Church
Roman Catholic
Term
Which church denominations have been growing?
Definition
Church of God in Christ
Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.)
Southern Baptist Convention
Term
Describe the Satanism Scare
Definition
President of Proctor and Gamble
Gloria Vanderbilt
Halloween Satan’s holiday
Satanic Ritual Abuse
Abuse of Children
Repressed memories
Term
What is the Tragedy of the commons? And what is the lesson learned from this situation?
Definition
Medieval England people free access to “the commons”
Acting in self interest, should add as many cows as you can
-If you have cows, the grasses that your cows/livestock are free. You only have to pay for the cow. The goal is to get as many cows as possible.
-Problem: People are acting in self-interest… the population of livestock continues to grow… since there aren’t any restrictions, space is starting to fill up.
-E.G. If I act in self interest and YOU act in self-interest, what happens?
Term
What was the Messick and Wilke study?
Definition
-This is a re-creation of the tragedy of the commons…
-The idea is, you are supposed to collect points and win…
-Independent variables: 1) the LEVEL OF HARVEST
2) The question of whether there is inequity or not
-Goals: Win and protect the resources
Conclusion: EVERYBODY TRIED TO WIN. When some players were told that there was inequity, they were more likely to take more points in playing the game… They increased their harvest…
-The overuse group: in the end, they really wanted to have a leader. They overwhelmingly voted for a leader.
-The first thing that the leader did was create rules to protect the resource… he treated others fairly.
-BUT, of course they gave themselves a higher share than anyone else
Term
What is coercive government? What type of government do libertarians prefer?
Definition
"big government". Libertarians prefer smaller gov.
Term
What type of government would anarchists favor
Definition
No government
Term
What does C Wright Mills argue about power separation within the US?
Definition
These are basically the people who “run the show”
-one category is government
-Second: Military
-Third: Large corporations
Term
What president is used to demonstrate the idea of "power elite"?
Definition
Dick Cheney and his associated with business and the military
Term
What are the two types of theory in social change and movements?
Definition
Collective Behavior Approach:Focus is on escalation of grievances
Resource Mobilization Approach:
Focus is on access to human and material resources
Assumes grievance always exist, and thus explain little
Resource Mobilization dominates, but grievances do ebb and flow
Term
What are the 8 propositions from Stark regarding social movements?
Definition
A shared grievance
Conditions in Egypt (literacy rates, poverty rates, human rights, political corruption)
Hope
Hope came in many forms and waves in Egypt
Note to bad guys: keep the foot on the neck…
Davies J-curve – gap between hope and rate of change
Precipitating event
In a country you maybe never heard of…
And in Egypt? “We Are All Khalid Said”
Networking, attachments, or…
Social networks!... Times have changed
Mobilization of people and resources
What began as a bunch of 20-somethings became…
Mohamed ElBaradei - Former UN Iraq Weapons Inspector, 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner
And, of course, the Egyptian military
Even the advice from Tunisian protestors… (lemon, vinegar, makeshift armor, spray paint for police windows)
External opposition… counter movements
Hosni Mubarak’s Western allies?
Mubarak resorts to hiring a counter movement?
External allies…
The western media, the world audience… Obama calls to military and Mubarak
60 Min: “Why did the let you out?” Ghonim: Ask Obama
Separate organizations find common ground?
Google execs + Muslim Brotherhood… talk about strange bedfellows
Term
What was the point of the video we watched in class about the Egyptian movement
Definition
A man set himself on fire to make a statement to the Egyptian government. It caused an uprising that changed the course of politics for the better.
Term
Who finally made the correct definition for the "family"
Definition
Murdock gave the first definition, but it was too restrictive.. the correct definition was coined by Reiss
Term
the 200 US cencus counted
Definition
95.7 males per 100 females.
Term
In what percent of premodern cultures do couples have privacy when sleeping?
Definition
28%
Term
In what percent of premodern cultures do Men may have multiple wives
Definition
77
Term
What percent of people who divorce will remarry?
Definition
75
Term
What percent report their marital status as divorced?
Definition
Less than 5
Term
Avg ages of male/females to marry?
Definition
Men: 28.1; women 25.9
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