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Sociology
11th Grade
06/09/2009

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Term
Ethnocentrism
Definition
Believing you have the best culture
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Cultural Diffusion
Definition
Traits of culture are spread
Term
Stanford Country Prison Study
Definition
Inmates gone crazy
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Auguste Comte
Definition
Father Of Sociology
Term
Social Statistics
Definition
What stays the same
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Social Dynamics
Definition
What Expects change
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Karl Marx
Definition
Divided society into haves and have nots
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Herbert Spencer
Definition
Opposition to Marx
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Social Darwinism
Definition
The belief that lesser races will die out (Herbert Spencer)
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Emile Durkheim
Definition
Known for scientific method to approaching sociology
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Manifest Function
Definition
The intended purpose of something
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Latent Function
Definition
Neutral or positive unknown effect of something
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Dysfunction
Definition
Downside of social structure
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Max Weber
Definition
Developed social conflict paradigm
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Verstehen
Definition
Empethetic understanding of others
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Functionalist Perspective
Definition
(Durkheim, Spencer, Merton)
Optimistic
Society is made up of many different important parts
Focuses on what works
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Symbolic Interactionist
Definition
(Weber)
Develops themes of society through symbols
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Social Conflict Paradigm
Definition
Society is unequal
pessimistic approach to everything
Microsociology
Term
Internalization
Definition
Process of people embracing the values of a culture
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Sanctions
Definition
Enforce Conformity
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Positive Formal Sanction
Definition
being granted an award
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Negative Formal Sanction
Definition
Going to jail
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Positive informal sanction
Definition
high five
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Negative Informal Sanction
Definition
neighbors criticizing you
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Socialization
Definition
learning ones culture, and how to live in it.
Term
heredity
Definition
innate trates
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institutionalization
Definition
making somebody follow social norms
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puberty
Definition
time between childhood and adolescence
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gerontolgy
Definition
study of aging
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dependency
Definition
the needing of somebody else to survive
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Looking Glass Self
Definition
see yourself as others see you
(cooley)
Term
Role Taking
Definition
taking on a different role to fit into society
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Tabula Rasa
Definition
born with a clean slate
(locke)
Term
5 characteristics of adolescence
Definition
biological growth
increased decision making
increased pressure
search for self
undefined status
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Young-Old
Definition
Retirement
Hobbies
Travel
Term
Middle-Old
Definition
Death of Spouse
Term
Old-Old
Definition
Reflection
Term
Social Inequality
Definition
uneven distribution of wealth
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social stratification
Definition
structured ranking of groups in society based off access to money and resources
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Social Class
Definition
status is achieved
makes up the social ladder
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Social Mobility
Definition
movement of different classes within the ladder
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Poverty Line
Definition
21,200
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Invisible poor
Definition
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