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Sociology Exam 1 Flashcards

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Sociology

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The study of human society, how it functions

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Critical Race Theory

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Institutions (media, education, police) are inherently racist

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What does the dangling carrot represent

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Consumerism

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Racial Fatigue

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Never-ending racial battle to keep up

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Sociological Imagination

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(C. Wright Mills) A tool that helps us connect our personal experiences to society at large

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Social Institutions

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Networks of structures in society that work to socialize the groups of people within them

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Social Institution Examples

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Legal System, labor market, Educational System, Military, Family

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Talented 10

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A small percentage of individuals have the ability to make fundamental changes in society (WEB DuBois)

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Micro Sociology

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Understands local interactions contexts, focusing on face-to-face encounters and gathering data through participants observing and in-depth interviews

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Macro Sociology

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Looks at social dynamic across whole societies or large parts of them and often relies on statistical analysis to do so

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Quantitative Research

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Seek to obtain information about the social world that is in or can be converted to numeric form

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Qualitative Research

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Attempt to collect information about social world that cannot be readily converted to mumeric form

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Dependent Variable

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The value that depends on that of another

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Independent Variable

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A variable whose variation does not depend on that of another

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Feminist Model

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A set of systems or methods that treat women’s experiences as legitimate, empirical, and theoretical resources that promote social science for women and that take into account the research as much as the subject matter

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Culture

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Loosely defined as a set of beliefs, traditions, and practices that are passed from generation to generation

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Cultural Scripts

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The role you play in the culture

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Sub Cultures

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Group united by sets of concepts, values traits and/ or behaviors

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Media

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Are any form or vehicles that carry present or communicate information - books, posters,, web, clay tablets, radio

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Political Economy of the Media

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Media in the US is in the hands of 6 companies- white males and 1 Asian man

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Social Learning Theory

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Observation and modeling play a primary role in the process of what we learn

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Socialization

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is the process individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn to function as a member of society

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What is a determining factor in socialization

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Biology

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Primary Socialization

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Occurs birth through adolescents (teachers, caregivers, coaches, peers)

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Secondary Socialization

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Occurs throughout our lives as we encounter groups and situations that were not part of our primary socialization

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“f” slur is used by boys to do what

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Police the boundaries of masculinity

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Agents of socialization

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Family, school, peers, teachers, the media, total institutions

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Resocialization

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A change in values and beliefs or norms through an intense social process

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Dramaturgical Theory

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We are actors on this metaphysical stage, whole design

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Status

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A position in society that comes with a set of expectations. An ascribed status is one we are born with that is unlikely to change

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Achieved Status

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One we have earned through individual effort or that is imposed by others

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Master Status

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Status that seems to override all others and affects all other statuses that one possesses

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Role Conflict Example

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Mother who is a doctor, Pastor who is a criminal

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Role Strain

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Role associated with the student clash

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Role exit

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When someone stops engaging in the role they previously held

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When does social construction happen

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When people give meaning or value to ideas or objects through social interactions

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Scribe (Status)

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What you are born with (Gender, Race)

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Achieve

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Learn and gain through effort, become important in society

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Master

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Override all other roles

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Social Cohesion

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the way that people form social bonds, relate to each other, and get along

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Punitive Justice

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Punishment focuses on making the violater suffer and thus defines the boundaries

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Rehabilitate Justice

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Examines specific circumstances of an individual transgressor and attempts to find ways to rehabilitate him or her

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Social Control

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Mechanisms that create normative compliance in individuals

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Normative Compliance

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The act of abiding by societal norms or simply following the rules of group life

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Informal Social Sanctions

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Actions in response to someone’s behavior that may serve to discourage nonconformity or encourage conformity to a norm rule

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Formal Social Controls

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Those that are based on laws are enforced by all sorts of government agencies such as the police, judicial courts, and regulation agencies

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Negative Credential

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Felony

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Positive Credential

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Degree, Diploma

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Strain Theory

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Certain stressors increase the likelihood of crime

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Conformist

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Except the goals of society and the means of achieving those goals

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Innovator

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Accept the goals of society, but they look for new or innovative ways of achieving those goals

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Ritualist

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Are not interested in the goals of society but they do accept the means of achieving those goals

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Rebels

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Do accept the goals of society

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Example of Symbolic interaction

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Stick figure with a dress= women

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