Exam 2

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AGGREGATE

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people who temporarily share space but do not see themselves belonging together
ex. check out line, concert

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CATEGORY

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people who share common characteristics but do not necessarily consider themselves of a group ex. redheads

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GROUPS

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people who think of themselves as belonging together and interact with each other

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PRIMARY GROUPS

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give us an identity and feeling of what we are, find sense of belonging, values
ex. friends and family, hometown

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SECONDARY GROUPS

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larger, more anonymous, formal, and impersonal
ex. college class, democratic party, factory,

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VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATON

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group made up of volunteers who organize

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GROUP THINK

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dominant ideas of a group override an inividual's thought

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REFERENCE GROUP

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the groups we use as standards to evaluate ourselves, yardstick, may constrain our behavior

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MILIGRAM EXPERIMENT

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shocking experiment, shows how people respond to authority, obey

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IN GROUPS

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groups to which we belong and feel a sense of loyalty, provides loyalty, sense of superiority, us vs. them

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OUT GROUPS

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groups which we feel oppose our in groups interest

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STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT

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people have teh ability to do the same the things as the guards AUTOMATIC BRUTALIZATION EXPERIMENT

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AUTOMATIC BRUTALIZATION THEORY

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brutality of the guards is created by social circumstance,each of us has the ability to do these things if placed in the right circumstance, a few bad apples can rot the bunch

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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

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a system in which groups of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige

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CHARACTERISTICS OF STRATIFICATION

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race, gender, class, sexual orientation

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LYNCHING

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used as a general method of social control by southern whites mainly against blacks

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CHAIN GANGS

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laws that pushed poor blacks into southern work camps

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DISENFRANCHISEMENT

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limiting right to vote

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WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO EARN MINIMUM WAGE

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young, female, single, minority (lower class, less powerful)

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DETERMINANTS OF SOCIAL CLASS

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Marx: relation to means of prodcution

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MEANS OF PRODUCTION

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control of dont control production, land, factories, businesses, tools

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BOURGEOISIE

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capitalists, those who control the means of production

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PROLETARIAT

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workers, status in life is determined by the actions and control of the owners

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CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS

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shared identity of workers that is determined by their relationship to the means of production

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FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS

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the belief that you are an owner, you can become a member of the elite, that you arent being exploited, you are not oppressed

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SOCIAL MOBILITY

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acsend of descend class status

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SOCIAL CLASS

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a large group of people who rank closely to one another in wealth, power, and prestige

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WEALTH

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value of a person's assets,

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POWER

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the ability to carry out your will despite resistance

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PRESTIGE

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what the perception of your job is, more prestige = they pay more, require more education, entail more abstract thought, offer greater autonomy

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CONTRADICTORY CLASS LOCATION

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Erik's Wright's term for a position in the class structure that generates contradictory interests
EX. mechanic turned small business owner

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CAPITALISTS

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top 1% of population, can be divided into "old" and "new"
new money (nouveau riche)

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PETTY BOUREOISIE

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small business owners

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MANAGERS

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have people below them, but still work for a wage

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WORKERS

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people who work for a wage

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SOCIAL MOBILITY

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movement up or down the social class ladder

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CONTRADICTORY CLASS LOCATION

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Erik's Wright's term for a position in the class structure that generates contradictory interests
EX. mechanic turned small business owner

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CAPITALISTS

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top 1% of population, can be divided into "old" and "new"
new money (nouveau riche)

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PETTY BOUREOISIE

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small business owners

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MANAGERS

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have people below them, but still work for a wage

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WORKERS

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people who work for a wage

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SOCIAL MOBILITY

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movement up or down the social class ladder