final Flashcards

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Sociology

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its a science. A systematic attempt to discover and explain human behavior in a group and between groups.

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Microsociology

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how the closest groups to us impact us in our daily behavior

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Macrosociology

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How big social processes affect our decisions

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Sociology Objective

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A desirable behavior

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5
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Social Perspective

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a way to interprate social phenomena in an objective, critical, approach

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Society

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a group that has lived and moved together and think of themselves as a social unit

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Social Structures

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organized patterns or behavior that regulate relationships

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Social phenomena

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n individual or group behavior

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Social forces

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the variable patterns of individuals or groups assumptions, attitudes that shape our social climate

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Social trends

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Bigger social patterns of attitude and behavior that influence our assumptions or attitudes

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Status

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A position that any person occupies inside a society

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Status set

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A collection of social statuses

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Master status

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a principal status by which you are perceived by others

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Socialization

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Lifelong, learning, transformation process whereby we adquire a sense of personal identity and learn what other people in the sorrounding culture believe and how to expect us to behave

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Socialization agents

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  • childhood->family(basics)
  • adolescense->peers(identity)
  • young adulthood->self. peers family, VIP peers(perfecting identity)
  • middle adulthood-> self family(own)(how to guide)
  • late adulthood->self own family(dying)
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Culture elements

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  • language
  • cognitive elements(behavior, how to survive)
  • symbols
  • norms
  • values
  • beliefe
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Ethnocenrism

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the tendency to evaluate other cultures in terms of ones own and conclude that the other is inferior. it leads to stereotypes.

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Functionalism

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-Durkheim
-family, economy, politics, education, religion
-forces: religions, labor relations.(survival)
Esta de acuerdo con las reglas y te gusta seguirlas.

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Conflict

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-K.Marx
-poor, rich
-social control vs.struggle
crear nuevas reglas, porque estas en contra de las ya existentes.

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symbolic interaction

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-Max Weber
- our individual
-adaptation
leemos simbolos y elegimos nuestro status

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Egotistic

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Rejection of society

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Altruistic

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Burden to society. suicide bomber.

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Anomic

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too low of a degree of regulation. This type of suicide is committed during times of great stress or change. when market crashes.

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Fatalistic

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People commit this suicide when their lives are kept under tight regulation. They often live their lives under extreme rules and high expectations. These types of people are left feeling like they’ve lost their sense of self.

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universalist vs. particularist

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rules vs. relationships
universalist- obedience to rules, no personal criteria, no personal weakness
particularist- situation matters, big consideration for personal criteria, feelings are acceptable

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individualist vs collectivist

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individualist- individual matter, group surrounds it

collectivist- group matter, obey the group

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neutral vs emotional

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neutral- people don’t show emotions. emotions are important but not on display
emotional- showing emotions is important, helps creating relationships

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specific vs diffuse

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specific- very straight talkers, big public space, small private space
diffuse- not direct, small public space, big private space

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achievement vs ascribed

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status achieved for performance or ascribed for seniority

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sequential vs synchronic

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sequential- punctuality

synchronic- time is irrelevant

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internal control vs external control

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internal control- I have control over my life

external- I take life as it comes

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Economic globalization

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increasing economic intercontectedness(integration and interdependence of local, national and regional markets)
contrario al mercantilismo

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Mercantilism

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cero sum game. Export no import

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Five level of integration(economic globalization)

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    • PTA preferential trade agreement, lowering taxes
    • FTA free trade agreement, no taxes
    • CCI costume union, free flow of products, genera lower price en productos.
    • CM common market, free flow of products, capital and labors
  1. -EU economic union, common currency
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Criteria for being an international legal persona

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  • capacity to govern without external interference(soberania)
  • Permanent territory
  • Permanent population
  • ability to enter into international relations
  • recognition by other soberanos
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Supra national

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Countries give up part of their soberanity , capacity to interfer into the local goverment and setset of rules-

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Habitus

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segun tu status scocial es como te relacionas con los demas y lo que te defina.