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Social Studies
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08/05/2013

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Term
Counter-Insurgency
Definition
Those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.
Term
Counter-Terrorism
Definition
Operations that include the offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, preempt, and respond to terrorism.
Term
Direct Means
Definition
Meeting security objectives through the U.S.-led application of military power
Term
Indirect means
Definition
Meeting security objectives by working with and through foreign partners
Term
Foreign internal defense
Definition
Participation by civilian and military agencies of a government in any of the action programs taken by another government or other designated organization to free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, and insurgency
Term
Traditional Warfare
Definition
A form of warfare between the regulated militaries of states, or alliances of states, in which the objective is to defeat an adversary’s armed forces, destroy an adversary’s war-making capacity, or seize or retain territory in order to force a change in an adversary’s government or policies
Term
Unconventional warfare.
Definition
A broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations, normally of long duration, predominantly conducted through, with, or by indigenous or surrogate forces who are organized, trained, equipped, supported, and directed in varying degrees by an external source. It includes, but is not limited to, guerrilla warfare, subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities, and unconventional assisted recovery
Term
Neurosis (Horney)
Definition
how people cope and have control over interpersonal issues that happen day to day

psychic disturbance brought by fears and defenses against these fears, and attempts to find compromise solutions for conflicting tendencies

essentially individuals having problems with environmental stressors resulting in problems within their selves
Term
Neurotic Needs
Definition
1. Need for Acceptance and Affection.
2. Need love when in an intimate relationship and expect partner to take over their lives by solving their problems.
3. Need to make things simpler by having no routine or rules.
4. Need to have control & power over others.
5. Need to manipulate others - to protect themselves from being used or looking stupid.
6. Need to be recognized socially.
7. Need others to admire their inner qualities.
8. Need personal accomplishment. Want to be the leader, want to be #1 at everything
9. Need independence. Refuse help from others - think they can accomplish it themselves - also fear the other person getting shared credit if they help.
10. Need perfection - fear failure and appearing to have made a mistake.
Term
Maslow's Hierarchy (Bottom-Top)
Definition
1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Love/Belonging
4. Esteem
5. Self-Actualization
Term
Attachment Theory
Definition
explains how much the parent's relationship with the child influences development
Term
Attachment Patterns
Definition
secure attachment
avoidant attachment
anxious attachment
Term
Prospect Theory
Definition
people will take more extreme risks the more desperate they become
Term
Symbosis
Definition
close and often long-term interaction between 2 or more different biological species
Term
Endosymbosis
Definition
one symbiote lives within the tissues of the other
Term
Mutualism
Definition
any relationship between 2 individuals where both individuals benefit
Term
Commensalism
Definition
1 organism benefits and the other is not significantly harmed or helped
Term
Parasitism
Definition
1 member of the relationship benefits while the other is harmed
Term
Amensalism
Definition
one species is inhibited or completely obliterated and one is unaffected
Term
Synnecrosis
Definition
interaction between species is detrimental to both organisms
Term
Norms are self-imposed
(T/F)
Definition
True
Term
2 Types of Norms
Definition
Proscriptive
Prescriptive
Term
Proscriptive Norms
Definition
Prohibited Norms
Term
Prescriptive Norms
Definition
Expected Norms
Term
4 Types of NETLOGO Agents
Definition
1. Turtles
2. Patches
3. Observer
4. Links
Term
Why do Men Rebel?
(Class Discussion)
Definition
I'm being asked to make sacrifices that do not benefit my survival
Term
Prisoner's Dilemma
Definition
2 Suspects being interrogated in different rooms
Term
Outcomes of Prisoner's Dilemma
Definition
1. P1 rats, P2 doesn't
2. P2 rats, P1 doesn't
3. Both rat
4. Neither rat
Term
Ultimatum Game
Definition
1 person given money - do they keep it or split it with person 2 in another room?
person 2 knows how much person 1 received and decides to accept or reject the split
acceptance = players keep the money
rejection = no one gets money
Term
Tragedy of the Commons
Definition
The handling of shared resources
Term
Dunbar's Number
Definition
Hypothesized cognitive limit of the number of people with whom you can maintain stable social relations
Term
Where does Dunbar's Number most likely reside?
Definition
Between 150-200
Term
Vladimir Lefebvre
Definition
created equations that are supposed to predict the large-scale consequences of individual actions.
(referred to as reflexive theory)
Term
Bimodal 'Innovative' Ideas
Definition
Invested Old Guard vs Synthesis Seekers
Term
Reasons System Dynamics are complex
Definition
1. Constantly Changing
2. Tightly Coupled
3. Governed by Feedback
4. Nonlinear
5. History Dependent
6. Self-Organizing
7. Adaptive
8. Characterized by Trade-Offs
9. Counterintuitive
10. Policy Resistant
Term
Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Theory
Definition
Describes the effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior
Term
Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
Definition
Individualism vs Collectivism
Uncertainty Avoidance
Power Distance
Masculinity vs Femininity
Long-Term vs Short-term
Indulgence vs Self-Restraint
Term
Social Movement
(Defronzo)
Definition
- “A mass movement that should have a majority or a close to a majority that demand change. Relatively large group of people that are persistent and organized. It’s either: change-oriented or change-resistant”

-Not a reform movement. A reform movement might want to change policies or structure (of the government or economic system) but does not want dramatic change.
Term
Terrorism
(Defronzo)
Definition
The use of force to intimidate for political purposes
Term
2 Types of Revolutions
(Defronzo)
Definition
1. Leftist: central goal is change major social and political institutions in order to alter economic, social, or political relationship with the society. (Redistribution of resources)

2. Rightist: restoration of traditional institutions. (Social order and traditional authority over equality)
Term
Chalmers
Definition
Contingency Theorist
-revolution is always an unusual and disruptive event contingent on serious social disorganization and normlessness

-Governments may either over react or under react to situations … underserving the collective need or imposing collective restraint without compensating reward … either situation can foster rebellion’
Term
4 Theories of Revolutions
Definition
Actor-Oriented
Structural
Conjunction
Process (Chalmers)
Term
Actor-Oriented Theories
Definition
Assumes Individuals lead and/or join revolutions
(study slide)
Term
Structural Theories
Definition
- Revolutions are the attempts of average people in response to abnormal situations.
-Opposite of Actor Oriented Theories.
-Culture is irrelevant in understanding this theory.
(study slide)
Term
Conjunction Theories
Definition
-Conjunction of actor-oriented and structural theories
(study slide)
Term
Process Theories
Definition
Emphasizes the notion of contingency: new situations develop quickly and outcomes cannot be predicated on the basis of explaining the origins of a movement.
(study slide)
Term
Crane Brinton's stages of revolutions
Definition
- Impossible demands made of government
- Government unsuccessfully attempts to suppress revolution
- Moderates come to power
- Extremists take control from moderates.
- Reaction to terror and the onset of a strong leader (Thermador).
- Restoration of equilibrium. (moderates return to power)
-Dictator often emerges (American Rev. is the exception)
Term
Defronzo Critical Factors for Revolutionary Movement
Definition
Mass Frustration
Dissident Elite
Unifying Motivation
Severe State Crisis
Permissive World Context
Term
Marxist Theory of Revolution
Definition
Revolution is likely to occur at a point when existing social an political structures and leaderships interfere with economic development
Term
Systems Theory of Revolution
Definition
Revolutions occur not because of economic development, but the government’s inaptitude
Term
Theory of Revolution (Modernization Theory)
Definition
The experience of technological and economic change tend to mobilize new or previously apathetic groups by raising both their economic aspirations and their demands for political participation
Term
Crane Brinton's Causes of Revolution
Definition
-Governments inability to handle crisis
-Economy doesn't necessarily have to be bad
-Intellectuals always leave the regime
Term
Stability Operations
Definition
conducted outside U.S. with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment, provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief
Term
Terrorism Threat Model
Definition
Shows how violent extremist organizations can use terrorism as a circle that operates around 4 critical components.
4 Critical Components:
1. Populace
2. Tacit and/or active support
3. Local/regional terrorism
4. Global terrorism
Term
3 Elements of a Stable State
Definition
1. Human Security
2. Economic and Infrastructure Development
3. Governance and Rule of Law
(jp 3-07)
Term
3 Broad Categories of stability operations
Definition
1. initial response activities
3. transformational activities
3. sustainment activities
(jp 3-07)
Term
PRIMARY military contribution to Stability
Definition
to protect and defend the population,
facilitating the personal security of the people and, thus,
creating a platform for political, economic, and human
security.
(jp 3-07)
Term
Stability Operations Functions
Definition
1. Security
2. Humanitarian Assistance
3. Economic Stabilization and Infrastructure
4. Rule of Law
5. Governance and Participation
Term
Constructionist Theory
(Ken Gergen)
Definition
locates the source of meaning, value and action in the relational connection among people. It is through relational processes that we create the world in which we most want to live and work
Term
reify
Definition
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing; reify a concept
Term
Kahneman's 2 Selves
Definition
1. Remembering Self
2. Experiencing Self
Term
Rheingold's 3 mythic narratives of collective action
Definition
1. Prisoner's Dilemma
2. Ultimatum Game
3. Tragedy of the Commons
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