soc Flashcards

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Micro sociology

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Face to face interactions

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2
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Meritocracy

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Rewarded through hard work

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3
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sociological imagination

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awareness of relationship between personal experience and wider society

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4
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Participant observation

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becoming part of subject group for research

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5
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In-depth interviews

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gaining trust of subject overtime for deeper understanding

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John porter

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Challenged canadian notions of equal and fair, meritocratal and classless. pig fed whole ideals

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Structural fuctionalism

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institutions work together for stable society, most important til l960, durkheim

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Durkheim

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Structural functionism, anomie - not belonging to society

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9
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Conflict theory

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arena of struggle, competing for resources, priviledged acess, karl marx

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Karl marx

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conflict theory, exploitation and alienation

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Feminist theory

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inequality between sexes, Dorothy Smith

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12
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Dorothy Smith

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standpoint theory - one person cannot speak for all

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13
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symbolic interactionism

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everyday social interaction explain society as a whole. Max weber

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14
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Max weber

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Symbolic interactionism, verstehen - need to see the world as they see it

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15
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Formal norms

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laws - proffesional requirements

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taboos

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vehemently prohibited

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17
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mores

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most cherished principals

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informal norms

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unspoken understood rules

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19
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folkways

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cultural differences

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sanctions

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rewards/penalties for conduct

21
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stereotypes

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inherited through society and culture

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subculture

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share larger culture but has distinctive elements

23
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counterculture

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rejects dominant elements of society as a whole

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high culture

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high-income preferences tastes and norms

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popular culture

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culture of ordinary peoples or majority

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cultural capital

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body of knowledge the helps to get ahead, includes high culture

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social capital

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capital gained from being part of a network of relationships

28
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cultural literacy

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general knowledge of popular culture

29
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cultural lag

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non-material culture struggles to keep up with material culture

30
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cultural imperialism

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global dominance of american culture

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cultural hegemony

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domination of masses by voluntary consent of popular masses through family schools and media

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acculturation

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becoming part of a culture

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Hidden curriculum

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unwritten rules and expectations

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social learning theory

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learn through observation

35
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classical conditioning

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involuntary/animal instinct through anticipation

36
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operant/instrument conditioning

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reacting through expectation of positive rewards

37
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ID

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pleasure seeking

38
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superego

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societal restraints

39
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pre-operational phase

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learning logic reasoning

40
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false consciousness

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acceptance of status quo through disadvantaged unjust and exploited

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ascribed status

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born into

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achieved status

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earned or chosen

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master status

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overrides other status charecteristics

44
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Erving goffman

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conspicuous consumption - dramaturgical perspective impression management

45
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albert bandura

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bobo doll

46
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charles cooley

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looking glass self - how we think we appear to others

47
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piaget

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sensorimotor development - pre-operational - concrete operational - formal operation

48
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antonio gramsci

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cultural hegenomy