Term
C. Wright Mills
(sociological perspective) |
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Definition
| called this point of view the "sociological imagination", which transforms personal troubles into public issues |
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| named the disipline of sociology in 1838 |
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| Who developed structural-function approach? |
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Definition
| auguste comte, emile durkheim, herbert spencer |
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| Who helped develop the social-interaction approach? |
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Definition
| max weber and george herbert mead |
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| who helped develop Social-conflict approach? |
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Sigmund Freud
(What were the personality parts?) |
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Definition
Id: innate, pleasure-seeking human drives
Ego: our efforts to balance innate,pleasure-seeking drives and the demands of society
Superego: the demands of society in teh form of the internationalized values and norms |
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Jean Piaget
(his beliefs?) |
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Definition
| Beliefs: that human development involves both biological maturation and gaining social experience. He identified the four stages of cognitive development. |
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| What are Jean Piaget's cognitive development stages? |
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Definition
sensorimotor:involves knowing the world only through the senses
preoperational stage: involves starting to use language adn other symbols
concrete operational stage:allows individual to understand causual connections
formal operational stage: involves abstract and critical thought |
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Lawrence Kohlberg
(what are his moral development stages?) |
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Definition
preconventional:according to our individual needs
conventional: moral reasoning takes account of parental attitude and cultural norms
postconventional: reasoning allows us to criticize society itself. |
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Definition
| found that gender plays an important part in moral development, with males relying more on abstract standards of rightness and females relying more on the effects of actions on relationships. |
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George Herbert Mead
(self) |
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Definition
-self is part fo our personality and includes self-awareness and self-image
-self develops as result to social experience
-social experience involves the exchange in symbols
-social interactin depends on understanding the intention of another,which requires taking the role of the other
-human action is partly spontaneous(the I) and partly in response to others (the me)
-we gain social experience through imitation,play,games, and understanding the generalized other |
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| used the term "looking glass self" to explain what we see ourselves as we imagine others see us |
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| identified challenges that individuals face at each stage of life from infancy to old age. |
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Definition
| proposed that opening up organizations for all employees, especially women and other minorites, increased organizational efficency in 1960's |
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| What are the benifits of Sociological Perspectives? |
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Definition
-helping us understand the barriers and oppurtunites in our lives
-giving us an advantage in our careers
-guiding public policy |
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Term
| How did Rapid Social Change trigger the development of sociology? |
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Definition
-rise of an industrial econonomy
-explosive growth of cities
-new political ideas |
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Term
| What approaches and theories are involved with MACRO-LEVELS? |
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Definition
-structural-functional approach
-social-conflict approach
-gender conflict theory
-feminism
-race-conflict theory |
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| What are some MICRO-LEVEL approaches? |
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Definition
| -symbolic-interaction approach |
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Term
| What are the three kinds of Sociology Research? |
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Definition
-positivist sociology
-interpretive sociology
-critical sociology |
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| What are the methods/stragies of doing research? |
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Definition
-experiments
-survey
-participant observation
-exsisting sources |
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Definition
-way of life
-human trait
-product of evolution |
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Term
| What are the elements of culture? |
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Definition
-symbols
-language
-values
-beliefs |
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Term
| What are the two types of Norms? |
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Definition
-mores= which have great moral significance
-folkways= which are matters of everyday politeness |
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Term
| What are the stages of sociocultural evolution? |
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Definition
-hunting and gathering
-horticulture and pastoralism
-agriculture
-industry
-postindustrial information technology |
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Term
| What are the three Cultural Patterns? |
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Definition
-multiculturalism
-counterculture
-subculture |
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| What results from Cultural Changes? |
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Definition
-invention
-discovery
-diffusion
-and possibly a cultural lag |
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| How do we understand cultural differences? |
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Definition
-ethnocentrism
-cultural relativism |
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Term
| What are the Theories of Cultures? |
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Definition
-structional-function theory
-social conflict theory
-feminst theory
-sociobiology theory |
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Term
| What is socialization and what does it do? |
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Definition
-lifelong process
-socialization develops our humanity as well personalites
-social isolation for long periods of time can lead to permanent damage
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Term
| What are the agents of Socializaton? |
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Definition
-family
-schools
-peer group
-mass media |
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Term
| How is family an agent of Socialization? |
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Definition
-family has the greatest impact on attitudes and behaviors
-family's social position, including race and social class,shapes a child's personality
-ideas about gender are learned first in teh family |
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Term
| How are Schools an agent of Socialization? |
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Definition
-schools teach knowledge and skills needed for later life
-schools expose children to greater and social diversity
-schools that reinforce ideas about gender |
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Term
| How are peer groups an agent of Socialization? |
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Definition
-peer groups takes on great importance during adolescence
-peer group frees young people from adult supervision |
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Term
| How is Mass Media a huge impact and agent in Socialization? |
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Definition
-research suggests that excessive television veiwing can be harmful to children
( t.v can influence sterotypes about gender and race and expose children to violance)
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Term
What are the stages of life ?
(child to death) |
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Definition
-childhood
-adolescence
-adulthood
-old age
-death and dying |
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Term
| What are Total Institutions and what are some examples? |
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Definition
-a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and controlled by an administrative staff
-prisons,mental hospitals,monasteries |
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| What are the two parts of resocialization? |
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Definition
-breaking down inmates' existing identity
-building a new self through a system of rewards and punishments. |
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| What are the building blocks of Social structures? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the two types of Statuses? |
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Definition
-ascribed status
-achieved status |
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Term
What is the Thomas theorem?
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Definition
-Thomas's claim that situations defined as real are real in their consequences.
-that the reality people construct in their interaction has a real consequence for the future |
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Term
| What is ethnomethodology? |
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Definition
-Harold Garfinkel's term for the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings.
-a strategy to reveal the assumptions people have about their social world |
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Term
| What two aspects shape reality that people constuct? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is Dramaturgical analysis? |
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Definition
-Erving Goffman's term for the study of social interaction in terms of theartical performance
-explores social interaction in terms of theatrical performance |
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Term
| How can performances help present ourselves to others? |
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Definition
-performances are both consious (intentional action) and unconcious (nonverbal communication)
-performances include costume (the way we dress),props( object we carry), and demeanor(tone of voice and the way we carry ourselves) |
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Term
What do gender differences involve?
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Definition
-demeanor
-use of space
-staring
-smiling |
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| What are the three applications of interaction in everyday life? |
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Definition
-emotions/feelings
-language
-reality play/humor
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Definition
| the systmematic-study of human society |
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Term
social structure
(definition) |
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Definition
| any relatevely stable pattern of social behavior |
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Term
structural functional approach
(definition) |
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| a framework for building theory that sees society as a comples system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability |
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symbolic interaction approach
(definition) |
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Definition
| a framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals |
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Definition
| a statement of how and why specific facts are related |
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Term
empirical evidence
(definition) |
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Definition
| information we can verify with our senses |
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Term
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Definition
| a sceintific approach to knowledge based on "positive" facts as opposed to more speculation |
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Term
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Definition
| the personal traits and social positons that members of a society attaches to being female or male |
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Term
cultural relativism
(definition) |
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Definition
| the practice of judging a culture by its own standards |
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Term
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Definition
| the ways of thinking , the way of acting, and the material objects that together from a people's way of life. |
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Total institution
(definition) |
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Definition
| a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and controlled by an administrative staff. |
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Term
enthnomethodology
(definition) |
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Definition
| Harold Garfinkel's term for the study of the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings. |
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Definition
| anything that carries a particular meaning recongized by people who share a culture |
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Definition
| a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another. |
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Term
ethnocentrism
(definition) |
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Definition
| the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture |
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Term
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Definition
| culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable,good, and beutiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living. |
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Term
culture shock
(definition) |
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Definition
| personal disoreientation when experiancing an unfamilar way of life |
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Term
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Definition
| cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society's population |
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Term
counterculture
(definition) |
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Definition
| cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society |
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Term
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Definition
| the production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery |
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Definition
| rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members |
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Definition
| norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance |
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Definition
| norms for routine or casual interaction |
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Definition
| values and beliefs passed from generation to generation |
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Term
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Definition
| the tendency of group members to conform, resulting in a narrow view of some issue |
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Term
reference group
(definition) |
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Definition
| a social group that serves as a point of reference in making evalations and decisions |
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Term
primary group
(definiton) |
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Definition
| a small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships |
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Definition
| a social group with two members |
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Definition
| a social group with three members |
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Definition
| a social position that a person holds |
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Definition
| behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status |
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Term
master status
(definition) |
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Definition
| a status that has a special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life |
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Definition
| a category of people with something in common,usually their age |
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Term
significant others
(definition) |
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Definition
| people,such as parents, who have special importance for socialization |
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Term
resocialization
(definition) |
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Definition
| radically changing an inmate's personality by carefully controlling their enviroment |
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Term
socialization
(definition) |
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Definition
| the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture |
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Term
cultural lag
(definition) |
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Definition
| the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system |
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Term
sociobiology
(definition) |
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Definition
| a theoretical approach that explores ways in which human biology affects how we create culture |
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Term
latent functions
(defintion)
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Definition
| the unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern |
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Term
manifest functions
(definition) |
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Definition
| the recognized and unintened consequences of any social pattern |
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Term
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Definition
| the social institution that distrubutes power,sets a society's goals, and makes decisions |
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Definition
| the social institution through which society provides is members with important knowledge , including basic facts,job skills, and cultural norms and values. |
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Definition
| the social institution that organizes a society's production, distrubution, and consumption of goods and services |
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Term
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Definition
| a social institution involving beliefs and practices based on reconizing the sacred |
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Term
participant observation
(definiton)
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Definition
| a research method in which investigators systematically observe people while joining them in their routine activites |
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Term
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Definition
| a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important |
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Term
cultural integration
(definition) |
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Definition
| the close relationships among various elements of a cultural system |
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Term
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Definition
| a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person's self concept and social identity |
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Term
ascribed status
(definition) |
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Definition
| a social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life |
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Term
acheived status
(definition) |
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Definition
| a social postion a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort |
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Term
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Definition
| the recongnized violation of cultural norms |
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Term
social stratification
(definition) |
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Definition
| a system by which a society ranks categories fo people in hierarchy |
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Term
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Definition
| a criminal act agaisnt a person or a person's property by offender motivated by racial or other bias |
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Term
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Definition
| any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates |
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Term
cultural recidivism
(definition) |
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Definition
| later offenses by people previously convicted of crimes |
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Term
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Definition
claimed that that deviance is normal element of society that:
-affirms cultural norms and values
-clarifies moral boundaries
-brings people together
-encourages social change |
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Term
Merton's Theory
and Merton |
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Definition
-explains the deviance depends less on what someone does than on how others react to that behavior. If people respond to primary deviance by stigmatizing a person, secondary deviance and a deviant career may result.
-expanded our understanding of social function by pointing out that any social structure probaly has many functions, some more obvious than others.(manifest functions,latent functions)
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Definition
| states that imagining the possible consequences of deviance often discourages such behavior. People who are well intergrated ino society are less likely to engage in deviant behavior |
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Term
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Definition
beueaucracy, which is what he saw as the dominant type of organization in modern societes, is based on:
-specialization
-hierarchy of offices
-rules of regulations
-technical competence impersonality |
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Term
globalization
(definition) |
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Definition
| a rising and flow of immigrantsm and increasing inequality of income are all factors that disrupt existing social patterns. |
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Term
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Definition
| compared society to the human body: just as the structual parts of the human body-the skeleton,muscles,and internal organs-each carry out certain functions to help the entire organism survive,social structures operate together to preserve society.( structural-functional approach) |
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Term
Harriet Martineau
(1802-1876) |
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Definition
| the first woman sociologist. she translated comte's work from french to english. She later documented the evils of slavery and argued for laws to protect factory workers, defending worker's right to unionize. She was concerned about positioning of women in society and fought for changes in education policy so that women could look forward to more in life than being a wife and mother in the home. |
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Definition
| -sociological pioneer who in 1889 helped found Hull House, a Chicago settlement house that provided assistance to immigrant families.Addams wrote 11 books and hundreds of articles-she chose the life of public activist over that of a university sociologist, speaking out on issues involving inequality, immigration,and the pursuit of peace.Whe was awarded Nobel prize in 1931. |
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Definition
-founded Atlanta Sociological Laboratory
-beleived that scholars should not simply learn about society's problems but also try to solve them.
-studied the black communites and discover many social problems ranging from educational equality,a political system that denied right to vote,terrorist practice of lynching.
-founded the NAACP (naitonal association for the advancement of colored poeple. |
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Term
Theoritical approach
(define) |
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Definition
| a basic image of society that guides thinking and research |
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Term
structural-function approach
(define) |
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Definition
| a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability |
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Term
Social-conflict approach
(define) |
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Definition
| a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change |
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Term
symbolic-interaction approach
(define) |
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Definition
| a framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals. |
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Term
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Definition
| two or more people who identifty with and interact with one another |
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Term
| What are the two types of Social Groups? |
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Definition
-primary group: a small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships
-secondary group: a large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity |
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Term
| What are the three elements of group dynamics? |
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Definition
-group leadership
-group conformity
-group size and diversity |
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Term
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Definition
| relational webs that link people with common identity and limited common identity and limited interaction. |
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Term
| What are Formal organizations? |
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Definition
| large secondary groups organized to acheive their goals efficently |
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Term
| What are the three types of formal organizations? |
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Definition
-utilitarian organizations: pay people for their efforts
-normative organizations: have goals people consider worthwhile
-coercive organizations: are organizations poeople are forced to join |
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Term
| What are organizational enviroments influenced by? |
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Definition
-technology
-political and economic trends
-current events
-population patterns
-other organizations |
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Term
| What is bureaucracy based on? |
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Definition
-specialization
-hierachy of offices
-rules and regulations
-technical competence
-impersonality
-formal, written communications |
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Term
| What are some problems with Bureaucracy? |
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Definition
-bureaucratic
-bureaucratic inefficency and ritulism
-bureaucratic inertia
-oligarchy |
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Term
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Definition
| early 1900's Fredrick Taylor's scientific management applied scientific principles to increase productivity |
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Term
| More open,Flexible organizations |
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Definition
-1960's Rosabeth Moss Kanter proposed that opening up organizations for all employees, especially women and other minorities,increased organizational efficency
-1980's, global competition drew attention to the japanese work organization's collective orentation |
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Term
| What happened with Changing Nature of Work? |
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Definition
-highly skilled and creative work
-low-skilled service work associated with the "McDonaldization" of society, based on efficency,uniformity,and control |
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Term
| What are the two types of sexuality issues? |
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Definition
-biological issue
-cultural issue |
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Term
| What is the sexual revolution? |
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Definition
| peaked in the 1960's and 70's, drew sexuality out into the open.Baby boomers were the first generation to grow up with the idea tha sex was a normal part of social life. |
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Term
| What was the Sexual counterrevolution? |
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Definition
| evident by 1980, aimed criticism at "permissiveness" and argued a return to more traditional "family values". |
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Term
| What were some of the conclusions that Afred Kinsey mad about his reasearch on sexual behavior in the U.S ? |
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Definition
-permartial sex intercourse became more common during the 20th century
-almost half of young men and women have intercourse by their Sr year of highschool
-among all U.S adults, sexual activity varies:1/3 report having sex with a partner few times a year or not at all;another 1/3 have sex once to serveral times a month;the remaining 1/3 have sex two or more times a week.
-extramarital sex is widely condenmed, and just 25% of married men and 10% of married women report cheating on their spouses at some time. |
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Term
| What is Sexual Orientation? |
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Definition
| a person's romantic or emotional attraction to another person |
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Term
| What are the four types of Sexual Orientations? |
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Definition
-heterosexuality(straight)
-homosexuality(gay or lesbian)
-bisexuality(attracted to both genders)
-asexuality(have no sex drive,attracted to neither gender) |
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Term
| What percentage of people still think homosexuality is wrong after the the gay rights movement? |
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Definition
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Term
| How many teenagers become pregnant each year in the U.S? |
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Definition
750,000 teenagers
-but the rate has indeed dropped since 1950
-most pregnat teens today are not married and are at a high risk of dropping out of school and being poor |
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Term
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Definition
-sexually explicit material intended to cause sexual arousal
-conservatives condemn pornography on moral grounds
-liberals veiw pornography as a power issue,condemning it as demeaning to women |
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Term
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Definition
-the selling of sexuality services
-illegal almost everywhere in the U.S
-people veiw prostitution as a victimless crime
-victimizes women and spreads sexually transmitted diseases. |
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Term
| How many cases of Sexual Violences are reported each year in the U.S? |
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Definition
-85,000 rapes are reported each year in the U.S
-the actuall number is most likely serval times higher since some people don't report their rape
-10% of rape cases involves men as victims
-rape is a violent crime in which victim and offender typically know one another. |
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Term
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Definition
-the deliberate termination of a pregnancy
-laws banned abortion in all states by 1900
-in 1960's-1973 the U.S supreme court declared the law unconstitutional.
-1.2 million abortions are performed each year
-woman's choice to choose the abortion
-"pro-life" people oppose abortion on moral grounds |
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Term
| What is the Structional-functional theory? |
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Definition
-highlights society's needs to regulate sexual activity and especially reproduction
-one universal norm is the insest taboo, which keeps family relaitons clear |
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Term
| What is Symbolic-interation Theory? |
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Definition
-emphasizes the various meaning people attach to sexuality
-social construction of sexuality can be seen in sexual differences between societies and in changing sexual patterns over time |
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Term
| What is the Social-conflict theory? |
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Definition
| -links sexuality to social inequality |
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Term
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Definition
| refers to norm violations ranging from minor infractions ,such as bad manners,to major infractions ,such as serious violence |
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Term
| What are the three theories of Deviance? |
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Definition
-biological theores: focus on individual abnormality and explains human behavior as the result of biological instincts
-psychological theories: focus on individual abnormality and see deviance as a result of "unsuccessful socialization"
-sociological theories:view all behavior-deviance as well as a conformity-as products of society |
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Term
| What are the four key points that Durkheim claimed that explained how deviance is a normal element of society? |
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Definition
-affirms cultural norms and values
-clarifies moral boundaries
-brings people together
-encourages social change |
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Term
| What is the Labeling theory? |
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Definition
| claims that deviance depends less on what someone deos than on how others react to that behavior |
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Term
| What is medicalization of deviance? |
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Definition
| transformation of moral and legal deviance into a medical condtion |
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Term
| What is Sutherland's Differential Association Theory? |
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Definition
| links deviance to how much others encourage or discourage such behavior |
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Term
| What is Hirshci's Control theory? |
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Definition
| states that imagining the possible consequences of deviance often discourage such behavior . People who are well integrated into society are less likely to engage in deviant behavior |
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Term
| What are the three crimes/offenses associated with Social- Conflict Theories? |
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Definition
-white-collar offenses:crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations
-corporate crime:the illegal actions of a corporation of people acting on its behalf
-organized crime:a business supplying illegal goods or services |
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Term
| What are hate crimes and what theory are they involved with? |
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Definition
-hate crime: criminal act against a person or person's property by an offender motivated by racial or other bias
-race-conflict and feminst theories |
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Term
| What are the two aspects of the U.S criminal Justice System? |
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Definition
-police: maintain public order by enforcing the law
-courts:rely on adversarial process in which attorneys present their cases in teh presence of a judge who monitors legal procedures
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Term
| What are the four justifications of punishment? |
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Definition
-retribution
-deterrence
-rehabilitation
-soceital protection |
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Term
| What is the Death Penalty? |
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Definition
-remains controversal in the U.S
-only high-income western nation that routinely executes serious offenders
-the trend is toward fewer executions |
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Term
| Whar are community-based corrections? |
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Definition
-inclued probation and parole
-these progams lower the cost of supervising people convicted of crimes and reduce prison overcrowding but have not been shown to reduce recidivism |
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Term
| What are the two types of major categories of serious crimes? |
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Definition
-crimes against the person (violent crime), including murder,aggravated assault,forcible rape, and robbery
-crimes against property (property crime), includeing burglary,larceny-theft,auto-theft, and arson |
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| What are some patterns of crime in the U.S? |
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-62% of people are arrested for property crimes and 80% of people arrested for violent crimes are male
-official statistics show that arrest rates peak in late adolescence and drop steadily with age
-street crime is more common among people of lower social postion
-more whites than african americans are arrested for street crimes,however african americans are arrested more often that whites in relation to their population size.Asian Americans have a lower-thant-average rate of arrest |
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ESSAY QUESTION:
why was the 19th century an ideal time for sociology to emerage as a new social science? |
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| - Sociology as a scientific discipline emerged in the early 19th century as an academic response to the challenge of modernity: as the world was becoming smaller and more integrated, people's experience of the world was increasingly atomized and dispersed. |
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ESSAY QUESTION
after watching the film Nell, how would you describe her development as a competent adult in the modern world through socialization? |
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ESSAY QUESTION
Bureaucracy and Hierachy serve an organization in various ways relative to their acheivement of goals. How do such theories such as McDonalization serve to explain unique phenomena associated with our organizational structures in socity today? |
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-it gave low-skilled people a place to work and make money.
-it opened up a lot of job oppurtunities and increased the unemployment rate
-give immigrants a job oppurtunities and a chance to make a living. |
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ESSAY QUESTION
If you were conducting a study on homeless veterans in the state of Maine what approach and methods would you take to conduct your research? |
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-study method:Survey and possibely participant observation
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what do you consider to be the basic differences between the Structural Fucntionalist ,Symbolic Interatcions,and Control Theory appraches to the subject matter of sociology? |
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| Structural Functionalism |
Macro or mid |
How each part of society functions together to contribute to the whole |
| Conflict Theory |
Macro |
How inequalities contribute to social differences and perpetuate differences in power |
| Symbolic Interactionism |
Micro |
One-to-one interactions and communications |
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ESSAY QUESTION
How is deviance defined and considered both in a negative and positve perspective by sociologists? |
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ESSAY QUESTION
A major goal of sociology is to establish patterns and regularites found in human behavior. How can this be used as a vaulable tool for social planners and gate keeps of culture in our society? |
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