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1.sociologists look for social or sociological causes rather than individual or physhological ones.
2.sociologists look for general tendencies or patterns, not unique events.
3.sociologists look for hidden relationships and rules.
4.sociologists seek to debunk myths and stereotypes that people hold bc they have grown up in 1 society. |
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| functionalist vs. conflict theory |
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-if an institution exists, its because its functional and vice versa.
-if it exists and has been around long enough it must serve some purpose.
-conflict theory sees society as being divided into conflicting groups ie: blacks and whites. the groups have diff values. the confederate flag is a conflict theory approach bc there are 2 sides/positions. |
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-early 1960s
-effect of proximity of teacher to student
-gender of teacher effects |
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| -what was best predictor of support for confederate flag? RACIAL ATTITUDES. |
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| how do most americans define race? |
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| finagling data vs consciously changing results. ways morton finagled his data? |
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| -finagling is to achieve results by indirect means of deceit. consciously changing is different. |
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| sterotypes involved in the tuskegee studies? what was the only way enough subjects were gained? |
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| -black men had high rates of syphillis and high sexual promiscuity and unwilling to seek treatment. recruited subjects by falsely promising treatment. |
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| biologically race is unimportant but sociologically race is very important |
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| what people think is real, is real in its consequences. |
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| who legally defines race in the US? |
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| stereotyping as selfulfilling prophecy |
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| treated as facts by both the prejudiced and their targets |
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| sterotyping as selective memory |
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| People who hold stereotypes remember behavior that fits the stereotype and forget behavior that counteracts it |
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housing discrimination study
what happened from 1989-2000? |
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| job discrimination studies |
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| Found that caucasions with records were called back before black people without records |
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| describe racial inequalities about income |
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-black and hispanics earn less than whites.
-asian men earn less than white men but asian women earn the same as white women if not a tad more.
-poorer black and hispanics are lagging further behind. |
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| how were some groups excluded from receiving full GI benefits? |
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| and interview, photo with application, father and mothers last names/maiden names |
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