Chapter 1 Flashcards
Intersectionality
A variety of different human experiences involving different demographics, peoples, understandings shape who we are as human beings
Social class
individuals whose primary experiences are shaped by income, wealth, and social experiences
What does social class shape the most?
Intersectionality
Describe how the United States’ social class works.
It is flexible and money driven, meaning that if you are born in a lower class, you can improve your life and end up in a better class.
Social problem
A specific event, condition, or a pattern of social events or conditions that people believe needs to be addressed
Sciology
The social scientific study of people in groups and group pattern behaviors
Data source
Collections of information, i.e. surveys, polls, opinion polls.
objective aspects of social problems
Fact driven statements that are defined as social problems
Subjective aspect of social problems
One that believes something is a social problem
directly connected to intersectionality
What is Social constructionism?
It describes the process in which people define the problem into existence ( Leads to refication: to make real)
Functionalism
The belief that society works best as a whole
Functions
Positive consequences:
Manifest (knowable and seeable things) and latent (invisibe, and unclear)
Dysfunction
A failure of the social system to operate correctly:
Negative impacts
conflict theory
The sociological theory that focuses on dissent, correction,and antagonism in society
Norms
Social rules
