understanding social problems Flashcards

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what is a personal problem

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causes and solutions lie within the individual and their immediate environment

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what is a social problem

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causes and solutions lie outside the individual and their immediate environment

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what are solutions to personal problems

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individual strategies

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what are solutions to social problems

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collective action

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what is structural functionalism

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focuses on social systems and the way in which their interdependent parts maintain order

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what is conflict theory

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focuses on the contradictory interests of groups, inequalities in society and the resulting conflict and change

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symbolic interactionism

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this focuses on the interactions between individuals and the ways in which social life is constructed through interaction

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what are the three theoretical perspectives in sociology

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structural functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism

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what are the levels of social problems

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individual, group, societal, and global levels

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