Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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role strain

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incompatibility among the roles corresponding to a single status

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2
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role conflict

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incompatibility among roles corresponding to two or more statuses

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3
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3 insights that make up sociological perspective

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seeing the general in the particular, seeing the strange in the familiar, and individual biographies are carried out within particular historical and social contexts

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4
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seeing the general in the particular

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sociology helps us see general patterns in the behavior of particular individuals

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5
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seeing the strange in the familiar

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we become used to norms that should be considered strange because we are socialized into our cultures

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6
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biographies carried out within particular historical and social contexts

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social forces shape individuals’ options and behaviors

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7
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Durkheim theory on suicide

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not based on individual action but rather social integration

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8
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what does integration rates?

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decrease

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9
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if suicide was psychologically based

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then suicide should be random

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10
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agency

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individuals making choices and being able to see the results

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11
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structure

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institutions around individuals that also shape behavior

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12
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paradigm

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overarching model of social life

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13
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three theoretical frameworks

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structural-functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic-interactionalism

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14
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macro-level analysis

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a concern with broad patterns that shape society as a whole

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15
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micro-level analysis

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focus on small-scale patterns of social interaction in specific settings

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16
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functionalism and conflict theory are based in

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macro-level analysis

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17
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symbolic-interactionalism is based in

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micro-level analysis

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18
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structural-functionalist

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sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability

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19
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social structure

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relatively stable pattern of social behavior

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20
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structures

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institutions

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21
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examples of institutions

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family, economy, education

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22
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institutions are like organs in the human body

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for the body to function properly, every organ must be healthy

23
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manifest functions

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consequences both recognized and intended by people in society

24
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latent functions

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consequences that are unintended and go largely unrecognized

25
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social dysfunctions

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social structure’s undesirable consequences for the operation of society

26
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conflict theory

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sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change

27
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any social pattern

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benefits some people while depriving others

28
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groups in society as seen as competing for

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access to scarce resources

29
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power

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groups who hold the upper hand generally have society’s institutions working in their favor

30
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groups who have less power

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fight to gain power and initiate social change

31
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inequality is often seen as a zero-sum game

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one group gains power, then another must lose it

32
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who is the primary founder of conflict theory

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marx

33
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marx believed that

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interests of owners and workers are inherently opposed

34
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marx studied

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capitalists (owners) v workers

35
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for capitalists to increase their profit

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position of workers must decline

36
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for workers to gain advantage and power in a capitalist system

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capitalists must lose something

37
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top -> down approach

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macro-level analysis; social structure influencing people

38
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bottom -> up

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micro-level analysis; people influencing social structure

39
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symbolic-interaction

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sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals

40
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society is

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socially constructed by interactions between people

41
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three premises of symbolic interaction

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human beings act towards things based on their meaning, the meaning of things comes from the social interaction that one has with others, and meanings can change

42
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status

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recognized social position that an individual occupies

43
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role

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behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status

44
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identity

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each status an individual occupies generates a certain identity

45
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self

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feeling being connecting the various roles of identities individuals put forth in different situations

46
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identity salience hierarchy

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we rank our statuses (social identities) in a hierarchy of importance

47
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different social situations and interactions

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require us to rearrange our hierarchy

48
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GOT article

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demonstrates that institutions can still go on after characters die if it’s strong enough

49
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Positive Functions of the Undeserving Poor

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even tho the poor are suffering, keeping them in poverty can have positive functions for the rest of soceity

50
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Savage Inequalities

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unequal distribution of power. A public school in St. Louis does not get the same amount of funding that a public school in New York does

51
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New Succession

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change school districts to allow whites to not be “pulled down by poor”

52
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Becker

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have to control your experience with getting high in order to have a good meaning with it

53
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Sign-vehicles

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“props” what we use to make our impressions

54
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impression management

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how we portrait our selves