Sociology

Question 0

Functionalism

Answer 0

• Various parts of society are independent
• Social systems are highly stable
• Social life is governed by consensus and cooperation

Question 1

Sociology

Answer 1

The systematic study of human social life, groups and societies

Question 2

Conflict Theory

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• Society accommodates between competing interest groups
• Society is unstable and prone to change
• Social life is conflict-laden

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Areas of study

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Cults, gangs, institutions (prisons, religion, education, military, healthcare, media, poverty)

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Scientific method of inquiry

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• Identify an issue or problem
• Formulate hypothesis
• Collect data
• Analyze data
• Draw conclusions

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Characteristics of a group

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• They interact regularly and influence each other
• They believe they have something in common
• They have an informal or formal social structure with leaders or followers
• They have a group consensus on certain values, behaviour and goals

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Aggregate

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A collection of people who interact briefly, if at all and have little influence on one another

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Conformity

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Changing one’s behaviour or attitudes to follow the beliefs, rules or guidelines of people in a group

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Norms

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Certain guidelines of behavior for our different life roles

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Roles

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Who we are within groups of people

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Cult Characteristics

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• A captivating and authoritarian leader who claims to have all the answers to life and their belies cannot be questioned by group members
• Only claims it’s members will be saved, given higher understanding and made superior to others
• Friendship of group replaces other relationships
• Taken advantage of (physically, mentally, financially abused)
• Members are psychologically manipulated using mind control

Question 11

Frustration

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An emotional state that develops from unresolved conflict or from being prevented from reaching a goal, may lead to aggression

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Aggression

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Hostile or forceful action intended to dominate or violate

Question 13

Albert Bandura Experiment

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Watching media violence causes viewers to act violently themselves

Question 14

Mary Harris Experiment

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People become more aggressive if their progress is interrupted when they are close to a goal

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Causes of deviance

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Pride, defense, revenge, peer pressure, media, drugs

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Examples of deviance

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Shooting with paintball gun, blowing up mailbox, smashing cars (The Trouble w Evan)

Question 17

Deviance

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The fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards

Question 18

Asch Experiment (Conformity)

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The degree to which an individual’s own opinions are influenced by those of a majority group. In present day, relationship between conformity/ age,culture etc.

Question 19

Milgram Experiment (Obedience to authority)

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Adults are extremely willing to go to almost any lengths on the command of an authority

Question 20

Charles Manson (The Family)

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• loving environment
• believed there was going to be a white vs black war (Helter Skelter)
• lived together as a close group
• women used as prostitutes to lure men
• drugs,sex used to brainwash

Question 21

Jim Jones (People’s Temple)

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• will get to live in the promised land
• open to all races, classes of wealth
• used capsules to create “wine” from blood, said that he was god (brainwashing)
• sexual misconduct, separation of couples, physical abuse