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Sociology test chp 5-6
Chapters 5&6 WCJC
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
05/03/2012

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6 major religions
Definition

Christianity

Islam

Buddhism

Judaism

Hinduism

Confusuism

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Dyad
Definition
smallest group there is
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3 components of a group
Definition

share an attribute

identify w/ each other

interact

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Beauracracy
Definition

Founded by Max Weber.

Type of secondary group designed to perform tasks efficiently characterized by specialization, technical condfidence, hierarchy, written rules, personality & formal written communication

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6 parts of beaurocracy
Definition
1. specialization 2 technical competence 3. heirarchy 4.rules and regulations 5.impersonality 6. formal written communication 
Term
R.E.D
Definition
Revolution, Extreme prosperity, depression
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beaurocracy flow chart
Definition

governor at top, faculty at bottom

 

Term
corporation flow chart
Definition
chairman of board, employees at bottom 
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2 types of power
Definition
corrosive and influential 
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3 types of authority 
Definition
traditional, legal rational, charasmatic 
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5 stages of death
Definition
denial, anger, negotiation, resignation, acceptance
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2 reasons people committ suicide 
Definition
over identification, under identification
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3 perspectives
Definition
1. functionalist 2.social conflict 3.symbolic
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What is RAW
Definition

Rights of workers

Abolish Slavery

Womens Rights

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Who Created RAW
Definition
Harriett Martinelli
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2 types of social systems
Definition

Cast 

Open

Term
Who created communism
Definition
karl marx
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Who Created survival of the fittest
Definition
Herbert Spencer
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5 Stages of Death
Definition

Denial

Anger

Negotiation

Resignation

Acceptance

 

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Who created Iron Cage
Definition
Max Weber
Term
Who created the term Mcdonaldization
Definition
George Ritzer
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Who created Model personality
Definition
Sigmeund Freud
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Define Social Network
Definition
The web of direct & indirect ties connecting an individual to other people who may also affect them
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Father of Sociology 
Definition
Emile Durkheim
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Anomic Theory
Definition
Normlessness - Norms don't exist. Recepients state at affairs in society where norms are absent.
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Group Think
Definition
In very cohesive groups the tendency to ensure a high degree of conformity among members. Creating a demand for unanimous agreement.
Term
Power
Definition
The ability to control the actions of others
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Coercive Power 
Definition
Power that is backed by threat of force
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Influential Power
Definition
Power that is supported by persuasion
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Legal rational authority
Definition
laws, rules & procedures not in the heredity or personaily of any leader
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Charasmatic Authority
Definition
Perception of remarkable personal qulaities in a leader
Term
Social Systems in U.S
Definition

Cast

Open

 

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Cast System
Definition
Born either upper or lower class
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Open System
Definition

able to move along classes

poor ---> rich

Term
5 Pillars of faith (Islam)
Definition

One God

Pray 5Xs a day

Fast during month of romadon

Give to poor

One Mecca

 

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Secondary Group
Definition
More formal, larger in #s, impersonal relationships
Term
Ingroup
Definition
Strong sense of loyalty
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Outgroup
Definition

Strong sense of antagonism

Any group an individual feels opposition, rivalry or hostility toward. 

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Reference Group
Definition
Provides a standard of comparison against which we evaltuate ourselves
Term
Devine
Definition
Behavior, trait, belief or other characteristic that violates a norm and covers a negative reaction
Term
Taking the role of the other (Theory)
Definition

Prepatory Stage

Play stage

Game

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Prepatory Stage
Definition

Children start to learn

1st stage of devolping through imitating people (parents & others in public)

 

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Play Stage
Definition
Children pretend to play the role of significant others
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Game
Definition
Children play organized games
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Socialization down gender lines
Definition
Carol gilligan
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Jean Piaget
Definition

"Cognitive development theory"

Created by observing his children w/ reasoning

1.Sensory motor

2.Pre-operational

3.Concrete operational

4. Formal operational

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Resocialization
Definition
Process of replacing previous learned norms/Values w/ new ones as a transition in life.
Term
Total Institutions
Definition
Individuals are cut off from rest of society so their lives are controlled for the purpose of systematically stripping away previous roles & identities in order to create new arms.
Term
Status
Definition
Socially defined position in society. That usually carries a set of rules & expectations.
Term
Rule
Definition
A set of behaviors expected by someone due to their status.
Term
Role Conflict
Definition
Occurs when demands of one status interferes w/ another.
Term
Role Exit
Definition
Process of leaving a role we will no longer occupy
Term
Master Status
Definition
Superior to others in the mind of the individual. Status Society associates w/ that person
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Ascribed Status
Definition
Status we are born with
Term
Achieved Status
Definition
Acquired by an individual
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Achieved Status
Definition
Acquired by an individual
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Role Strain
Definition
The tension when there are contridactary expectations w/ in one roll.
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Normlessness
Definition
State of affairs in society where norms are absent & can be greatly comprimised
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Groupthink
Definition
Tendency to enforce a high degree of conformity among its members creating a demand for unanimous agreement.
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