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23 Cards in this Set
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Dominant group |
makes the rules in a society, and controls Wealth, Status, & Power. |
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Dimensions of inequality
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Wealth, Status, & Power |
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Max weber
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power is the ability to realize/achieve ones goals, in spite of the resistance of others. |
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Sociological imagination |
an awareness of the social forces that are at work around you. |
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Socio-Historical Perspective |
* Understanding the sociology of the past to understand the sociology of the present.
* Understanding the cause and effect in the past to understand the cause and effect of the future.
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Marker |
easily identifiable characteristic that a dominant group uses to justify the exploitation of a subordinate group. |
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1. Association |
If A causes B, then B is more likely to occur in the presence of A, than in the absence of A. |
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2. Causal Order |
If A is the cause of B, then A must proceed B in time (also known as causal priority). |
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3. Lack of Spuriousness |
If A is the cause of B, than the association between A+B shouldn’t significantly change when you introduce C... C is the “test factor” |
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A Variable is a |
characteristic of scientific interest that tends to be different from one case to the next. |
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Multiple causation
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the idea that for every effect, there is generally more than one cause * causes must be ranked. |
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Multi-disciplinary Framework
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using other scientific approaches along with sociology to understand an event or circumstance. |
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Opportunity Cost |
something of value that one must for go (give up) based upon a decision that one makes... Highly associated with Socio-Economic Status |
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1. Macro Level |
* Social structure
* Economy * Ecology * Population |
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2. Medial Level |
* Large groups
* Communities * Institutions * Government |
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3. Micro Level |
* Individuals
* Families * Small groups |
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Ecological Fallacy
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an inconsistency in the levels of analysis between a presumed cause and a presumed effect. |
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Group Position hypothesis
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majority group members determine there position in the social structure in part based upon positions of minority group members. (medial level hypothesis) |
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Micro-Economic Perspective of Discrimination |
when discrimination occurs, both people lose- if this is occurring in a competitive market. |
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Human Capital |
characteristics that an individual has that enhances their value in the market place. |
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Robert K. Merton |
* Typology of Prejudice and discrimination theory (Medial Level)
* Nominalist * Studies on crime, social structure * Every person who is prejudice doesn’t necessarily discriminate and every person who discriminates isn’t necessarily prejudice. |
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Frustration-Aggression hypothesis (Micro-level)
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an individual is unable to direct his/her anger at a true target, therefor it is directed at a scape goat |
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Projection |
attributing ones own negative characteristics to others. |
