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Sociology Flashcards

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Micro sociology

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Interactions between small groups or individuals in society (eg. families, schools, offices, hospitals)

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Macro sociology

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Studying the big picture impact of large institutions in society on individuals on a large scale, (eg. Interactions such as religion, economy, political and legal systems)

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Social Systems

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the interrelationships between individuals, groups, and institutions forming a coherent whole

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Institutions

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Government: laws, healthcare, housing, inflation
Religion: charities, child services, support groups
Economy: taxes, social benefits, redistribution of wealth
Education: afterschool care, builds career paths
Families: physical needs

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Functionalism

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-when society fails to create conformity through roles and norms, social control mechanisms exist to restore conformity or segregate non conforming individuals

-everyone in society exists to fulfill a purpose

-a society is stable when institutions meet the needs of society

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social equilibrium

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balance and stability of society through socialization or members

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social control mechanisms

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means of controlling society and encouraging conformity and segregating non conforming eg. Laws and prison

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Social Darwinism

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humans that cannot survive on their own do not deserve to live and should not waste societal resources

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Eugenics

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movement advocating for the improvement of a species

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Eugenics

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movement advocating for the improvement of a species

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Norms

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define how to behave in a society in accordance with what is good

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values

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culture’s standard for determining what is good, teaches, and transmits culture’s beliefs, embedded in society

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Roles

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Patterns of behaviour we recognize in each other that represent social status

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Beliefs

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Convictions people hold to be true, collective and individual

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Conflict Theory

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society is in a perpetual state of conflict due to competition over limited goods

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Social class

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Depends on the work that you do, and whether you belong to the bourgeoise or the proletariat
Imbalance of power leads to oppression and exploitation of working class
Defines status

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Owners (bourgeoisie)

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small group of elite that holds and maintains power and wealth

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Working Class (proletariat)

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Large group lacking power, dominated and exploited by working class

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Hegemony

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Social, cultural, ideological or economic influence exerted by dominant group

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Liberal Feminism

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Equal legal rights, outcomes, and opportunities, legal policies are the cause of women’s oppression

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Radical feminism

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Developing separate female culture, radical reordering of society, patriarchy divides rights and power by gender, oppressing women

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Socialist feminism:

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Removal of class divisions, challenging patriarchal systems, recognizing oppression based on sex, race, sexual orientation, and class are all interwoven

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Intersectionality

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Understanding diverse perspectives and experiences of women, how discrimination is caused by many combined factors

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Symbolic Interactionism

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meanings are constructed through social interaction, interaction occurs through symbols, words, definitions, gestures, roles, and rituals, emphasis on the individual within society

  1. Humans interact with things based on the meaning ascribed to those things
  2. The meaning ascribed to things comes from our interactions with others and society
  3. Meanings of things are interpreted by a person in specific situations
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Threefold process for development of self

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  1. We see how others react to us
  2. We interpret the reactions as positive or negative
  3. We develop a sense of self based on those interpretations
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Constructivism

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Extension of symbolic interaction theory that proposes reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be

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How we construct meaning

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Social constructs are develop based on interactions, long lasting constructs are norms, cultural scripts

We interact with things based on the meaning we ascribe to them
This meaning comes from interactions
Meaning is interpreted by an individual based on their circumstances

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Symbols

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Ideas that impose specific meaning on objects

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Priming

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Brain acts as an associative network
Ideas are activated by the stimuli they are associated with
An encounter with an object or event can prime related concepts and emotions without our awareness
Repeated expose to content can bias individuals towards thinking, feeling, and behaving in ways relevant to that content

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