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| Prejudice and discrimination against old people |
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| Informal and unpaid care provided to a dependent person by family members, other relative, or friends |
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| the process of convincing the public and important public officials that a particular issue or situation should be defined as a social problem |
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| a way of life including widespread values, beliefs, and behavior |
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| The unequal treatment of various categories of people |
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| A shared cultural heritage, which typically involves common ancestors, language, and religion |
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| assisting in the death of a person suffering from an uncurable disease |
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| the person traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male |
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| the unqual distribution of wealth, power, and priviledge between men and women |
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| the study of aging and elderly people |
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| Homelike care that provides physical and emotional comfort to dying people and their families |
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| analysis of how race, class and gender interact, often creating multiple disadvantages for some categories of people |
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| the socially constructed stages that people pass through as they live out their lives |
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| the average life span of a country's population |
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| a social pattern in which females dominate males |
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| a system of social inequality in which social standing corresponds to personal ability and effort |
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| any category of people, identified by physical or cultural traits, that a society subjects to disadvantages |
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| a social pattern in which males dominate females |
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| a policy that raises tax rates as income increases |
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| the difference between the actual income of the typical poor household and the official poverty line |
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| a standard set by the US government for the purpose of counting the poor |
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| any rigid and unfounded generalization about an entire category of people |
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| a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that a society defines as important |
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| the biological distinction between females and males; also, activity that leads to the physical gratification and possibly reproduction |
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| the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other |
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| unwanted comments, gesture, or physical contacts of a sexual nature |
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| an organized effort at claims making that tries to shape the way people think about an issue in order to encourage or discourage social change |
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| a major sphere of social life, or a societal subsystem, organized to meet a basic human need |
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| a condition that undermines the well-being or some or all members of a society and is usually a matter of public controversy |
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| the systematic study of human societies |
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| an exaggerated description applied to every person in some category |
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| Structural-functional approach |
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| a theoretical framework that sees society as a system of many interrelated parts |
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| Symbolic-interaction approach |
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| a theoretical framework that sees society as the product of individuals interacting with one another |
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| a theoretical framework that sees society as divided by inequality and conflict |
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| social patterns with negative functions |
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| societies with positive functions (ex. sports) |
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| subtle discrimination that effectively blocks the movement of women into the highest positions |
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a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people
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