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PSYCH/SOC CLASS 1 Flashcards

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1
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What is the functionalist theory?

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Individuals work together to maintain solidarity, balance, order and social stability

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Example of society systems?

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Nations, military, religion

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Example of society organs?

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States, Hospital, University

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Example of society cells?

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People, cities, communities

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What is societies homeostasis?

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Dynamic equilibrium

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Who is Durkheim?

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Founder of modern sociology

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Why did Durkheim begin his society theory?

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Because post-industrial, societies were complex

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Who is the first who theorized society?

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Durkheim

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9
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What is common consciousness?

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People shares common goal of bettering society

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What is anomie?

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The opposite of dynamic equilibrium; dysfunctions in societies

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What did Durkheim define anomie as?

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Mismatch b/n the wider social standards and standards of smaller groups

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What does manifest mean society?

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Intended and obvious purpose

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13
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What does latent mean in society?

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Unintended or less recognizable

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Example of manifest mean in society?

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Specialization

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15
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What is the flaw with Durkheim?

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Too Utopia; ignored individual desires

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16
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Which theory came against Durkheim’s?

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Conflict Theory

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What is conflict theory?

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Competition for limited resources

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What do conflict theory compete for?

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Social, political, and material power

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What are conflict theorists concerned with?

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Imbalances in wealth, power and prestige

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What do the imbalances in wealth, power and prestige create?

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Class struggles

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The imbalances in wealth, power and prestige create class struggle and what does that lead to?

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Class struggle between those who control production and factory workers

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Who is the founder of the conflict theorist?

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Karl Marx

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What did Karl Marx say about capitalism?

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Economic system that encourages private ownership in order to produce profit

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What did Karl Marx suggest?

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Socialism

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What is false consciousness?

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Lack of awareness; subordinate class see themselves as individuals instead of exploited group

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What is class consciousness?

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Members of subordinate social class are aware they are being exploited by the wealthy

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What is the problem with the Marx theory?

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Too dystopian; there’s more than 1 source of conflict rather than just money

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28
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Who’s theorist went against Marx?

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Weber

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29
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What did Weber find wrong about the conflict theory?

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There are other conflicts, not just income

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What did Weber say was happening as a result of society increasing their rationalizing?

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Had to embrace science and move away from traditional spirituality, religion, morality, etc….start thinking of everything

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What did Weber think about ideas and beliefs?

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Exerts a powerful effect on society (question authority)

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32
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What is symbolic interaction?

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Personal interpretation of the meaning of the world around them

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33
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Who are the founders of modern sociology?

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Durkheim, Weber and Marx

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34
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Symbolic interaction is what type of theory? Micro or macro?

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Micro-level theory

35
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How do symbolic interactionist give meanings to the world around them?

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Culturally derived social objects that have shared meaning; maintained through social interaction

36
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What did Mead found?

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Founder of social psychology

37
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What was Mead focused on?

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Development of the self

38
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What are the three stages of Mead?

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  1. Preparatory Stage
  2. Play Stage
  3. Game Stage
39
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What happens during the game stage?

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Generalized other

40
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What is the ME part of Mead’s theory?

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How the generalized other view us

41
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What is the I part of Mead’s theory?

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Personal identity and individuality

42
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Who is the looking glass self theorist?

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Cooley

43
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How is the self formed, based on Charles Cooley?

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Shaped by other and interactions with others and perception of others

44
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How is the individual formed, based on Charles Cooley?

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Shape themselves on this perception, tending to confirm expectations

45
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What is a social construct?

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An invention of a given society

46
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What is a major focus of social constructs?

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Study of how individuals and groups participate in the construction of a social reality

47
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What is socialization?

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Dynamic, ongoing process by which individual internalizes the values beliefs and norms of their society

48
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What type of theory is social construct? Macro or micro

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Macro and micro

49
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What is the rational choice theory?

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Individuals make decisions by comparing the costs and benefits

50
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What is the goal of the rational choice theory?

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Maximize benefits and reduce costs

51
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What is the exchange choice theory?

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Individuals responds to rewards and reduce punishments

52
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What is the goal of the exchange choice theory?

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Maximize rewards and reduce punishments

53
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What is the rational theory based on?

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Economic Theory

54
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What is the exchange theory based on?

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Behavioral Psychology

55
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What is the first wave of the feminist theory?

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Dealt with women’s suffrage

56
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What was the second wave of the feminist theory?

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Dealt with social liberties - gender equality, equal pay, reproductive rights

57
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What is the third wave of feminist theory?

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Dealt with intersectionality

58
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What is the glass escalator metaphor?

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Men are often fast tracked to advanced positions when entering professions

59
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What is the glass ceiling metaphor?

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Invisible barrier that prevents a demographic from rising beyond a certain level of hierarchy

60
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What type of theory is feminism, macro or micro?

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False; can be either macro or micro

61
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What does functionalist compare their theory to?

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Like a living organism

62
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Is functionalism macro or micro?

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Macro theory level

63
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What did Durkheim say about division of labor?

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Intricate division of labor

64
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What did Durkheim say that dynamic equilibrium end with, based on society? (Its a term)

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Common consciousness

65
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How did Durkheim define anomie as?

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A mismatch between the wider social standards and the standards individuals or smaller groups within that wider society

66
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What is latent dysfunction?

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Negative after affects that were not intended

67
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What is practically a synonym of conflict theory?

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Competition

68
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What theory did Karl Marx found?

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Conflict Theorist

69
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What did Karl Marx predict about capitalism?

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Cause greater and greater inequality because private owners are incentivized to minimize wages of workers

70
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Class consciousness or false consciousness, in which one has anomie already ensued?

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Class consciousness

71
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What type of theory is the conflict theory? Macro or micro?

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Macro

72
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What did Weber pointed out humans are becoming due to a result of industrialization?

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Rational and bureaucratic

73
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Since Marx only focused on wealth, what did Weber segue?

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There are more than 1 source of conflict that results in imbalance

74
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Weber is treated as what type of theorists?

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Conflict theorists and symbolic interactionist

75
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What allowed symbols to provide the means by which reality is constructed?

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Language and communication

76
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What was Mead ideas forming?

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Foundation for symbolic interactionist school of thought

77
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Based on Mead’s theory, what is “generalized other”?

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The generalized attitude of a large social group

78
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What is a way of remembering the difference between the me and the I of Mead?

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What will they think of ME?

79
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Is exchange-rational theory micro or macro level theory?

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Micro-level theories

80
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What is intersectionality and which theory dealt with it?

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Study of how different social identities such as gender, race and class - feminist

81
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Who created the symbolic interaction theory?

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Mead

82
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Who created the conflict theory?

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Marx and Weber

83
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Who created the functionalism theory?

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Durkheim

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