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sociology 100
education, medication, crime and deviance
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
12/18/2008

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pygmalian effect
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high expectations = high achievment low expectations = low achieveement
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structural functionalists educationaly believe
Definition
that education functions for the good of society
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social conflict believes
Definition
who is going to succeed and who is going to fail and why
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Marx and Weber
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felt that the organizatoin of society effect and shape ideas and those in power control the content that is being spread/taught
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formal curriculum
Definition
the knowledge and skills students are expected to axquire through their studies
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informal curriculum
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re-enforces cultural values and attitudes through the schools structure and rules this is training for the work place in a capitalist society
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Durkheim and Anomie
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felt that people were so different and life was so complex with the division of labour social order would result in anomie
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anomie
Definition
a society that provides little moral guidance to individuals
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Manifest functions
Definition
formal goals of education like sharing knoledge socialization and social placement
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latent functions
Definition
informal goals like restricting labor activities/keeps kids out of the workforce keeping kids off of the street match making and formin social networks
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streaming
Definition
assigning students to different types of educational programs
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Religion and Marx
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religion was a social system created by humans to keep the working class oppressed
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Durkheim/Religion
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religion hold social life together and helps maintain social unity
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collective consciousness
Definition
workers' recognition of themselves as a class unified in opposition to capitalists and ultimately to capitalism
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profane
Definition
an ordinary element of everyday life
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sacred
Definition
set apart as extraordinary inspring awe and reverence
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Weber/Religion
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argued that protestant practises became capitalism
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religiosity
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the importance of religion in a person's life
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secularization
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the historical decline in the importance of the supernatural and the sacred
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health
Definition
the state of complete physical mental and social well being
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componenets to health
Definition
physical mental social and sometimes spirititual
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Key Notions of the Medical Model
Definition
a deviation from normal
cause by biological forces
similar to the breakdown of a machine whose parts can be repaired
defined and treated through a neutral scientific process by medical experts
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Steps made in the Professionalization of Medicine
Definition
medical education became rigorous and systematic
Physicians claimed to have a scientific/theoretical understanding of illness
Physicians regulated themselves (CMA)
Physicians declared that they were providing a valuable service to society
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Dr. Nurse Game
Definition
Nurses are expected to perform their duties without challenging the doctors
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Medicalization
Definition
the transformation of something in a matter to be treated by physicians. It is about defining a behaviour or condition as an illness which is a need of treatment through the medical/professional system
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medicalized
Definition
something being defined as a medical problem
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Epidemiology
Definition
the study of the distribution of disease and general health status across a population
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social epidemiology
Definition
the study of how health and diesease are distributed throught a society's population
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3 key factors in health
Definition
gender
race
social class
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largest factor in bad health
Definition
social class
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consensus crimes
Definition
referring to the fact that certain rules in our society have a special status that are considered crimes
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Conflict crime
Definition
tied into using law to appose certain moral standards on society as a whole
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norms
Definition
socially accepted rules of behaviour
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Functionalists 4 functions of crime and deviance
Definition
Affirms cultural values and norms
clarifies moral boundaries
Promotes social unity
Encourages social change
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Labelling Theory
Definition
the main contribution of symbolic interaction. It is the idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do but from how others respond to their actions
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stigma
Definition
a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity
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social conflict theory /crime
Definition
deviance is actually created by society and the reaction to certain actions
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primary deviance
Definition
non conforming acts that are generally ignored or justified in some ways (drinking under age)
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secondary deviance
Definition
if it becomes public and becomes the target of enduring negative social reactions of others
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family
Definition
a social institution found in all socieities that unites peple in cooperative groups to care for one another including children
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2 layers to the family
Definition
it is an ideal notion
it is a social organization
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myths about the family
Definition
it is disintegrating
the family is a happy and nurturing place
it is a nuclear family
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monogamy
Definition
marriage that unites two partners
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polygamy
Definition
marriages that unite a person with two or more spouses
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polygyny
Definition
marriage that unites oneman and two or more women
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polyandry
Definition
a marriage that unites one woman with two or more husbands
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Patrilocality
Definition
living near the husband's family
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Matrilocality
Definition
living near the wifes' family
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neolocality
Definition
not living near neither the husband nor the wifes family
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MARX/Work
Definition
believed that the ability to work was what made us human
believed that the labour process was alienating
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alienation in the labour process
Definition
alienated from each other
alienated from their products and wealth they generate
alienated from themselves
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non-standard work
Definition
part time work
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three opposite features of socialism
Definition
collective ownership of property
pursuit of collective goals
government control of the economy
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