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| scientific study of social behavior and human groups |
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| associated with the sociological imagination |
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| an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society |
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| the term used for the capitalist class/owners of the means of production/factories according to Marx |
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| the term used for the working class poor according to Marx |
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| Major Social Institutions |
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| government, religion, education, & the economy |
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| a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, & behavior |
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| focused on social factors such as influence of groups or lack of integration as being a cause of suicide & the feeling anomie |
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| taught his students to have "verstehen" which is a German word for understanding or insight |
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| known for developing settlement houses to help the immigrants settle in America - social work |
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| a process of society that may disrupt the social system |
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| open, known, stated, conscious, intentional functions |
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| unconscious functions that may reflect hidden purposes of an institution (unknown functions) |
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| conflict or tension between competing groups such as labor unions, political parties, etc.; views laws and punishments as a reflection of the interests of the powerful |
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| helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
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| Example: criminal behavior that is learned through social interactions |
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| started in the 1970s; because of the inequalities of gender, it is also a conflict perspective |
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| an advocate of women's rights in the 1890s - suffrage movement |
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| Interactionist Perspective |
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| an approach that generalizes about everyday forms of social interactions |
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| an investigation that concentrates on a large scale of this subject matter |
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| the study of small groups in this subject matter |
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| known for his term of "McDonaldization of Society" |
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| this is needed in order to have social mobility |
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| Example: A nurse who goes to medical school and becomes a doctor has made this type of move. |
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| socially transmitted customs as well as learned knowledge and behavior |
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| governmental social control |
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| norms that are deemed necessary to the welfare of society |
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| the world-wide integration of government policies, cultures, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas |
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| the lifelong process in which people learn attitudes, values, and behaviors of a certain culture |
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| a true form of prejudice and sometimes slavery; the most extreme form of social inequality |
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| peer groups, mass media, families, and schools |
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| developed the self stages of children's development and "symbolic interaction" |
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| a primary agent of socialization of a child |
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| rural life; people have social interactions often (farmers, store workers, etc.) |
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| lonely urban life; privacy is valued and there are frequent impersonal interactions in individuals' lives |
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| on average, they have less wealth accumulation than the opposite sex |
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| include identity, schools, peers, and mass media |
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| a social position that a person attains largely through is or her own efforts |
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| a social position assigned to a person by society regardless of the person's traits, talents, or gender; a social position one is born with |
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| the final stage of cognitive development in a child |
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| the process by which a small number of people in the media industry conrol the material shown to the audiences; ruling the media world |
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| the set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests |
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| the strategies and techniques used for preventing deviant human behavior in society |
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a label used to devalue members of certain social groups.
Example: "good kids" vs. "bad kids" |
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| illegal acts committed by affluent people in businesses |
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the work of a group that regulates relations among criminal enterprises involved in illegal activities
Example: gambling, prostitutions, drug trafficking, etc. |
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| an economic system in which the means of mass productoin are held largely in private hands |
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a major problem world-wide
(200,000 people die yearly from the item involved in this organized crime) |
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this religious group has a higher suicide rate than Catholics
(according to Emile Durkheim's studies) |
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| 58% of the nation's poor are female heads of households |
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| male dominance in society in which the males rule and have authority |
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| female dominance in society in which the females rule and have authority |
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| this group of sociologists argues that mass media maintains the privileges of certain groups |
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