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Industrial Revolution

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Massive change in agriculture and manufacturing in English during the 18th/19th centuries.

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Values

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What is accepted and what is not

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Norms

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How people should behaviours and act

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Macro Sociology and Micro Sociology

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Macro Study of society as a whole, studies population and social systems like religion.
It’s both structural function and conflict theory

Micro studies the roles and interaction of an individual or small group of people. They can study the role and belief of one person.
It s a symbolic interaction theory.

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Functionalist Theory

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Institutions work together to serve the basic needs of society and for the common good.
They work together to provide stability and social order
Like school and politics

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Conflict Theory

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Conflict theory agrees the institute were originally develop to meet basic needs but over time it has to come to serve the interest of a small group society ( the wealthy)

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Symbolic Interactionist Theory

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It focuses on relationships among individuals within society. Its a
micro theory level.

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Social Darwinism

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Theory that human evolved from apes
Every generation they are more people that produced that will survive
People with heritable traits are more likely to survive.
When reproductive isolation happens they are new spices that will form.
Survival of the fittest
Helping the poor is wrong because they would die off if left to nature.

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Eugenics

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A movement that advocate for improvement of the human society y selective breeding or forced sterilization
Its a latin word for good at birth
It was developed by albert eugenics who sterilized over 2822 unfit individuals.

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Isolate and Feral Children

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Feral Unwanted children, at a young age, that are raised by animals, have behaviors like the animals in which animal they were raised by.

Isolate child raised in near isolation in a human household,

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4 Forces that shape Human Behaviour

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Family
Gender
Culture
Media

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4 Forms of Child Abuse

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  1. Physical
    -Involves physical harm.
  2. Sexual
    -When and adult/peer touches a child sexually
  3. Neglect
    -Failure to provide physical or emotional needs for life
  4. Emotional
    -Repeated criticism of subjecting a child to an unhappy environment.
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6 Agents of Socialization

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  1. Family can teach them values and acceptable and unacceptable behaviors in the world. They can be role models and this the most important agents.
  2. School gives kids between the ages of 5-6 knowledge and values, assumes greater importance in society, teaches them teamwork, self-reliance, obedience.
  3. Peer groups friends, schoolmates, gives you approval, teaches you about sexual relationships.
  4. Media influences what we wear, how we act, what we believe in.
  5. The workplace kids first learn about work through chores and observation, and understand the role of a parent.
  6. Religion offers moral codes, standards of behavior and teaches the importance of charity.
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Monogamy

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Its having a relationship or marriage with only one person
One men or one women or same sex marriage

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Polygamy

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A husband or wife has multiple relationships at once.
They can legally have 2 or more members

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Polyandry

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One women and 2 or more men

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Polygyny

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One men and 2 or more women

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Arranged Marriage

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Exchange of property
The parents are very involved in the process of marriage.

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matrilineal

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A kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their mothers.

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patrilineal

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A kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their fathers.

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Bilineal

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A kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through both their mothers and fathers.

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Clans

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A group of several lineages in a patrilineal society in which people are related but cannot always trace exact relationships.

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Lineage

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A group of people tracing they ancestors.

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3 elements of Culture

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1.values
2. Norms
3.symbols

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3 Stages of a rite of passage

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  1. Segregation- the person is undergoing the passage, and is separated from the rest of society.
  2. Transition- this is the passage and this can last hours, weeks or months, in this stage the person is becoming they new self.
  3. Incorporation and reintegration- is welcomed back to society, they have a new status in society and can sometimes have tattoos, body paint or something new.
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Two-spirited

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Term used in the indigenous community
It is for some who are of a certain sexualty that see both female and male perspectives.

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Sex vs. Gender concept

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  1. Sex is a biological and anatomical difference a male an female.
  2. Cultural and social difference constructed difference, almost everything in our social life is gendered.
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Auguste Comte

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French philosopher born in 1798
First to use the term sociology which is a systematic study of society.
Term positivism - scientific evidence to study causes of behavior.

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Karl Marx

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He is associated with the conflict theory
He is the author the communist manifesto
He was living in London when he saw people working in factories with little pay and under poor conditions.

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Genie

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Was isolated in her room for years, was sleeping in a straightjacket, was beaten if ever spoke or made noise. Was found in 1970

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Danielle

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The girl in the window, found in 2005, almost starved to death, isolated in her room and never ate solid food.

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Oxana

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She left outside in the cold at age 3 and went to live with the dogs for 5 years and over the years behavior like a dog and did everything that a dog dose.

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Bhil People of India

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The bhil people are an agricultural and patrilineal society.
The lineage of the bhil people is a group of men descended from a common ancestor who they all related to, and they all hold land rights and can make marriage decisions.

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Winston Blackmore

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Was in a polygamous relationship and was a leader to a religion group

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Warren Jeffs

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A religious leader
Convicted multiple sex crimes
His a leader of a church